Cornerstone Initiative Request CS-19-0301: Electron Beam Welding

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Rock Island, IL, on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy via its Manufacturing Resiliency and Assurance Office, and Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program (10 U.S.C. - 2508), in conjunction with Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI), manages the Cornerstone Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), in accordance with 10 U.S.C. - 2371b. Cornerstone was created to "Assess and Strengthen the Manufacturing Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States." ACC-RI, on behalf of Office of the Secretary of Defense, Naval Sea Systems Command 05P3, intends to issue a competitive Cornerstone Initiative Request (CIR) for Electron Beam Welding (EBW) on or after 14 January 2019, with an estimated closing date of 10 days after issuance. The CIR for EBW is restricted to Cornerstone consortium members. The CIR will solicit enhanced whitepapers for one (1) fixed amount OTA with incremental payments made upon completion of specific milestones. Period of performance will be five years. If prototypes are successful, the intent is to award a follow-on production contract. The primary objective of this agreement is to further the manufacturing readiness level of EBW for large scale, heavy section welded structures from the current Manufacturing Readiness Level to a level of 7 (Reference: http://www.dodmrl.com/MRL_Deskbook_V2.pdf). This effort will focus primarily on Monel 400 and/or Nickel Aluminum Bronze structure fabrication; however, EBW of other materials such as Inconel 625, High Yield 80 steel (HY80), titanium alloys, aluminum alloys, and stainless steels will also be investigated under this effort. The CIR for EBW will be communicated to the Cornerstone consortium and companies with pending applications via email. Entities are required to have begun the membership process for their proposal to be reviewed. Entities must be members of the Cornerstone consortium, with a signed Cornerstone Consortium Management Agreement, to be awarded this OTA task. Contractors may obtain Cornerstone registration information by visiting the Cornerstone website: http://ibasp-public.ria.army.mil/cornerstone/ Entities wishing to bid on the CIR for EBW must be certified to handle unclassified military technical data under the Joint Certification Program (JCP). Instructions for obtaining JCP certification may be found at the following site: http://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/Offers/Products/LogisticsApplications/JCP/FAQ/ Interested parties should stay alert for any changes that may be published to this FBO posting. Please email all questions and responses to the following mailbox: contact@example.gov This Special Notice is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a CIR or an obligation on behalf of the U.S. Government. Issuance of this Special Notice is not a guarantee of a future CIR or an award and is not a commitment of any kind by the Government.