Special Notice - Industry Day for the Self-Propelled System Performance Demonstration.docx

Agency/Office:

Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA)

Title:

Special Notice – Detroit Arsenal Innovation (DAI) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), W56HZV-23-9-D001, Self-Propelled Howitzer System

Virtual Industry Day / Request for Information (RFI) Posting / Performance Demonstration

Virtual Industry Day The Government will not reimburse contractors for any costs associating with preparing or submitting a response to this notice. Participation in the Virtual Industry Day is voluntary. The Government will not reimburse the Self-Propelled Howitzer System Industry Day attendees for any costs associated with their participation. This Industry Day and/or the information presented herein will not obligate the Government in any manner. The posted information is provided for planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Request for Prototype Proposal (RPP) nor does it restrict the Government to its acquisition approach for the Self-Propelled Howitzer System procurement.

The Program Manager (PM) Self-Propelled Howitzer System (SPHS) located at Detroit Arsenal (DTA) would like to invite interested industry members to participate in the Self-Propelled Howitzer System Industry Day to be held on 03 April 2024, from 0900 to 1100 EST virtually. The purpose of this Industry Day is to provide an overview of the Self-Propelled Howitzer Performance Demonstration and solicit feedback regarding industry capabilities.

Registration Instructions:

Interested attendees can register by 1700 EST 29 March 2024 at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VXpDYwvTvKNA3zJqPTpqT-gIlFLePJqUdDL6BfH4EEU/edit Each attendee will need to be registered individually. Any changes to the Virtual Industry Day will be posted via SAM.gov.

If a contractor is not a member of the NAMC consortium, please email with the subject “Self-Propelled Howitzer System Industry Day Registration” by 29 March 2024 to submissions@namconsortium.org and provide a copy of the contractor’s DD2345 for further registration instructions.

Questions:

Questions are encouraged. Please submit questions before the Virtual Industry Day by 21 March 2024 to Questions@NAMConsortium.org with the subject “Self-Propelled Howitzer System Questions”.

The Government intends to provide responses to submitted questions during the Industry Day.

The Government will take into consideration questions submitted after the Virtual Industry Day and shall be submitted by 15 April 2024 to Questions@NAMConsortium.org with the subject “Self-Propelled Howitzer System Questions”.

Request for Information (RFI) PM SPHS plans to release a Request for Information (RFI) to industry ahead of the Industry Day to inform the planning of the Self-Propelled Howitzer System Performance Demonstration. The Self-Propelled Howitzer System RFI will be posted on SAM.gov tentatively on or before 12 March 2024.

Questions and inquiries are encouraged. Please submit all responses to the RFI with the subject “Self-Propelled Howitzer System RFI Responses” to Questions@NAMConsortium.org no later than 1700 EST on 19 April 2024. The Government will take into consideration responses received prior to 1700 EST on 30 April 2024 at submissions@namconsortium.org.

Performance Demonstration Overview

The intent of this project is to conduct a Self-Propelled Howitzer System Performance Demonstration in Summer 2024 anticipated at a Government test site with all interested domestic and foreign howitzer system industry vendors. The objective of the event is for the Government to observe the capabilities of current, non-developmental, 155mm howitzer systems to help inform future efforts. The Government is interested in vendors offerings throughout the entire self-propelled howitzer system, including the firing platform, the rearm platform, projectiles, fuzes, and propellant. Vendors will be asked to demonstrate the capabilities of their system by performing pre-determined operational scenarios as well as characterization events. The Government will host a Virtual Industry Day to address details, concerns, and questions, ahead of the Self-Propelled Howitzer System Performance Demonstration.

Additional registration instructions and information about this performance demonstration will be posted to SAM.gov.

NOTE:

NOTE: A prototype project will not be awarded in response to this announcement. The purpose of this announcement is to provide industry advanced notification of the Government's intent to host a Virtual Industry Day and the Government’s intent to release an RPP to the NAMC membership. For information on the NAMC and/or how to become a member, visit the following website: www.NAMConsortium.org.

The Government point of contact for this effort is Robyn Holmes, at robyn.f.holmes.civ@army.mil.

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