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This Pre-Solicitation opportunity from Department Of Defense was posted on November 10, 2009. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

84--Ballistics R&D

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W911QYBALLISTICTESTINGFederal

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The U.S. Army RDECOM Acquisition Center intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order to Paulson Manufacturing Corp. for the research and development of improved transparent armor materials for personal protective equipment. This project focuses on the creation of advanced face shields and goggles, utilizing various polymer materials and thicknesses to produce monolithic and hybrid system samples for NSRDEC evaluation. The effort leverages existing molds and equipment developed through a previous CRADA agreement, including a specialized face shield mold designed to correct prismatic effects. This pre-solicitation is designated as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 325211. The primary objective is to develop high-performance protective gear, with the resulting data helping the government determine the feasibility of future competitive procurements. Interested parties were required to submit their capabilities to the Natick Contracting Division by November 16, 2009.

General Info

Army awards Paulson Manufacturing fixed price order for advanced transparent armor protective gear.

NAICS

325211 - Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing

Place of Performance

RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick R&D (RDECOM-CC) ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1,, MA

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AgencyDepartment Of Defense → W6QK Acc-Apg Natick
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OfficeNATICK, MA, 01760-5011, USA
Office AddressNATICK, MA, 01760-5011, USA
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Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the U.S. Army RDECOM Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick, MA intends to award a Firm fixed Price Purchase Order to Paulson Manufacturing Corp. of Temecula CA, for research and development of improved materials for transparent armor applications for Personal Protective Equipment, specifically the development of various improved face shields and goggles. Paulson Manufacturing Corporation will fabricate samples (plaques and items) from various polymer materials with various thicknesses for NSRDEC evaluation in monolithic as well as in hybrid systems. Through CRADA efforts with Natick, Paulson designed molds specifically for Natick for test panels that require specific dimension for our study. Paulson also designed, under same CRADA, a new mold for face shield that corrects the prismatic effects through progressive thickness variation. One of the military fragment protective face shields (0.25 inch thickness) is currently supplied only by Paulson. This proposed service request will take advantage of the equipment designed in conjunction with Natick through CRADA agreement. The objectives of these services are development of various new advanced performance face shields and goggles. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement to the U.S. Army RDECOM Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division, via e-mail at contact@example.gov. No later than 16 November 2009, 12:00 pm EST.

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