Air Combat Equipment (ACE) Requirement

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
W58RGZ-24-R-0117_PS
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Army Contracting Command - Redstone is issuing a pre-solicitation notice for a new five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) firm fixed price contract to procure Aircrew Combat Equipment (ACE) for the U.S. Army, and potentially the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. The ACE consists of three major components: an aircrew survival equipment vest with integrated safety harness and armor carriage, a quick release tether system, and a flotation device. The government will utilize a Best Value Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation approach. Interested parties must submit any questions, comments, or feedback by May 10, 2024 at 3:00 pm CST.

This acquisition will be a 100% small business set-aside. The government has not identified any potential incumbents or current contractors. The total value of the contract is unknown, but the ACE requirements may include orders for the U.S. Army, Foreign Military Sales, and the U.S. Air Force and Navy. The contract will have five one-year ordering periods, though the specific quantities for each item have not been provided.

Notice text

**ATTENTION** ALL FORMAL COMMUNCIATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION MUST BE DIRECTED TO: FELICIA DORTCH, and KELLY BAYHA  CONTRACT SPECIALIST, ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - REDSTONE; EMAIL: FELICIA.R.DORTCH.CIV@ARMY.MIL and KELLY.N.BAYHA..CIV@ARMY.MIL NO TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The Army Contracting Command - Redstone proposes to issue draft solicitation number W58RGZ-24-R-0117 for a new five year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) firm fixed price (FFP) contract. This award will procure Aircrew Combat Equipment (ACE) US Army requirements and potentially Foreign Military Sales as well as US Air Force and US Navy. The ACE is comprised of three major components: an aircrew survival equipment vest with integrated safety harness and armor carriage, a quick release tether system, and a flotation device.  The acquisition strategy is a 100% small business set-aside (SBSA).  This acquisition may result in one award with five (5) one-year Ordering Periods.  Best Value Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procedures accordance with FAR 15.101-2 will be utilized.

The attachments are DRAFT Solicitation W58RGZ-24-R-0017, DSL, CDRLS, TDP zip drawings. Price iInput workbook and Vendor questions and responses.

Please provide questions, comments, and feedback as soon as possible but no later than 10 May 2024 at 3:00pm CST.

Files

File Type Posted
ACE Price Input Workbook_01162024.xlsx XLSX spreadsheet
ACE FRP CDRLs - 13 Sep 23.docx DOCX document
1081489A RIGHT AND LEFT POCKET ASSEMBLY.pdf PDF
ACE zip TDP 01MAY24.zip ZIP file
ACE Vendor Questions_FINAL.xlsx XLSX spreadsheet
PD1006011A ACE VEST HARNESS PD 04Apr2024.pdf PDF
W58RGZ-24-R-0117 ACE snappy solicitation.pdf PDF
PD1006008J TIEDOWNS LANYARDS AND TETHERS_4-09-24.pdf PDF
ACE TDP w_o CAD drawings.zip ZIP file
ACE FRP DSL 9-13-23 (1).docx DOCX document

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