Cornerstone Initiative Request CS-20-1509 Alternate Source for 120mm M298 Cannon

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Chemical Biological Center (CCDC CBC), 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 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 architected to create a broad-based, flexible and enduring public-private consortium focused on strategic strengthening of the U.S. Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and provide a strong complement to the mandates in Presidential Executive Order 13806. ACC-RI, on behalf of CCDC CBC and the Product Manager for Precision Fires and Mortars (PdM PFM), Project Manager for Combat Ammunition Systems (PM CAS), intends to issue a competitive Cornerstone Initiative Request (CIR) for Alternate Source for 120mm M298 Cannon on or after 01 June 2020, with an estimated closing date of 30 calendar days after issuance. The CIR for Alternate Source for 120mm Cannon is restricted to Cornerstone consortium members. The CIR will solicit proposals for one (1) firm-fixed-price OTA with incremental payments made upon completion of specific milestones. Period of performance will be 24 months. A non-competitive follow-on production OT may be awarded following a successful prototype. The objective of this effort is to develop a 120mm M298 Cannon alternate source of production to support Army readiness. The contractor will develop the manufacturing process and demonstrate the capability through manufacture of three production representative cannons within 21 months of contract award. The contractor must demonstrate the ability to conduct all required manufacturing in-process inspections specified in the Technical Data Package (TDP) and comply with all First Article Test requirements in the TDP. The CIR for Alternate Source for 120mm M298 Cannon 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/ Interested parties should stay alert for any changes that may be published to this beta.sam.gov posting. Please email all questions and responses to the following mailbox: usarmy.ria.ccdc-cbc.mbx.cornerstone-ota@mail.mil 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.