Ammunition and nuclear ordnance boxes, packages and special containers

Amendment 0001 is executed to extend bids through 13 September 2016.

See attached amendment for details.

The solicitation is being released today. Bid opening will be August 30, 2016 at 12:00p.m. Standard Central Time.

This is a Pre-Solicitation Synopsis for the Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) for solicitation W52P1J-16-B-0005. The solicitation will be issued for the PA161 Modular Artillery Charge System (MACS) Containers, Part Number 12972583.

This will be a one-time buy for a quantity of 60,660 PA161 MACS Containers.

ACC-RI, on behalf of the Office of the Project Manager Combat Ammunition Systems (PM-CAS) located at Picatinny Arsenal, intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB), W52P1J-16-B-0005 to the FebBizOpps Website, Https://www.fbo.gov on or about 25 July 2016, with closing 30 days from issuance.

The solicitation will be restricted to the two incumbent small-business contractors who manufacture this item: Conco, Inc. and Delfasco, LLC. Competition is being restricted in accordance with FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(B). This restriction is due to specialized tooling needed to complete this requirement within the timeframe specified by the requiring activity. These companies possess all the necessary equipment, facilities and personnel to produce the below PA161 MACS Containers.

ACC-RI intends to award a single Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract to cover Army and United States Marine Corps (USMC) Fiscal Year 2015 requirements utilizing sealed bidding procedures in accordance with FAR Part 14.

The PA161 Containers are square-rim cylindrical metal shipping and storage containers used for the155mm M231 and M232A1 Modular Artillery Charge System (MACS). A total of four M231 MACS are packed per PA161 container. These containers were developed to protect the MACS Charges throughout the Army's stringent logistic environments and have design features that improve the insensitive munitions characteristics for the MACS system.

This solicitation and any amendments will be issued electronically in accordance with FAR 4.5 and 5.102; therefore, hardcopies will not be provided.

NOTE: As this solicitation and any amendments will be issued electronically, the restricted companies listed in this pre-solicitation notice are advised to access periodically the above address in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the closing date and time set for closing of the IFB may render your proposal nonresponsive and result in the rejection of it.

The Technical Data Package (TDP) for the PA161 MACS Containers are Distribution F. Further dissemination only as directed by Project Manager, Combat Ammunition Systems, memorandum dated 14 June 2016. Distribution Statement on technical documents are in accordance with DoD 5230.24.

All firms must be registered in the Joint Certification Program (JCP) in order to access the TDPs with distribution other than distribution "A" at https://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/ and have a current valid cage code. All contractors will be required to provide its current DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement prior to the (JCP) website accessing the TDP.

Contractors will be required to submit a nondisclosure statement.

Each individual requiring access to the TDP must have a Federal Business Opportunities account.

All contractors who provide goods/services to the Department of Defense (DoD) shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to contract award resulting from this solicitation. SAM replaces CCR/Fed Reg and ORCA, and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM accessed through https://acquisition.gov or by calling 866-606-8220.

Questions may be addressed to the Contract Specialist George Lingris, email: George.r.lingris.civ@mail.mil or to Contract Specialist Brandon Garnica, email: Brandon.m.garnica.civ@mail.mil.