13- Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for the Procurement of Cartridge, 40MM Practice, Day/Night M1110 (DODIC BA35).

The Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) intends to procure a sole source five (5) year, Firm Fixed Priced, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the 40MM Practice, Day/Night M1110 (DODIC BA35) to American Rheinmetall Munitions (ARM), Inc., 925 Corporate Drive Suite 315, Stafford, Virginia 22554; ARM is a subsidiary of Rheinmetall Waffe Munitions (RMW).



RWM is currently producing the BA35 as part of a Foreign Comparative Test Program under a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division contract number N00178-05-C-1025. RWM owns the Technical Data Rights for the cartridge, and the company has unique knowledge and production line capabilities for immediate production of the BA35.

For this follow-on procurement, RWM/ARM is the only vendor deemed qualified to deliver an item that can satisfy the United States Marine Corps (USMC) requirement. It is estimated that a total of 7,200,000 BA35 units will be purchased over the next five (5) years. Estimated contract award is November 2012. Deliveries will be required to begin nine (9) months after contract award.



The Point of Contact for this Notice: Contract Specialist, Wendy Thompson, wendy.thompson@usmc.mil