Ammunition, over 30 mm up to 75 mm

The Rock Island Contracting Center (RICC) intends to issue a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) W52P1J-08-R-0153 to ASCs Draft Solicitations Website: http://www.afsc.army.mil/ac/aais/ioc/solinfo/sow/sow.aspx on or about 17 Feb 09. The applicable NAICS code is 332993 with a size standard for small business of 1500 employees. The solicitation will be a competitive, best value procurement, 100% restricted to small businesses. The 2010-2014 requirements for the 40mm grenade family will be solicited as a system and include the following cartridges:

M385A1 Practice, High Velocity (HV)
M430A1 High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) (HV)
M918 Target Practice (TP) (HV)
M433 High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) (LV)
M583A1 White Star Parachute (WS) (LV)
M781 Practice (LV)
M992 IR Illuminant Cartridge (LV)
Mixed Belt, 22:10 ratio of M918 to M385A1 (HV)
M585 White Star Cluster Cartridge (LV)
M661 Green Star Parachute Cartridge (LV)
M662 Red Star Parachute Cartridge (LV)

An Industry Day is tentatively scheduled for 12-13 Mar 09 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Specific location, time, and registration details will be posted under the 40mm Family System heading at: http://www.afsc.army.mil/ac/aais/ioc/solinfo/sow/sow.aspx. The final solicitation will be issued on or about 27 Apr 09 to the Army Single Face to Industry (AFSI) website: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/. No hard copies will be made available. It will be the responsibility of the contractors to check these websites for the latest information regarding this acquisition.

The Technical Data Package (TDP) will only be provided AFTER issuance of the FINAL RFP. Drawings for the TDP are Distribution D and available to only those firms registered with the US/Canada Joint Certification Program (JCP). For information on becoming certified, see www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp. Restricted technical data will not be forwarded to a contractor who has not been certified. A copy of the certified DD Form 2345 is required with written request to the Contracting Officer in order to receive the drawings.

All contractors who provide goods/services to the Department of Defense (DoD) must be registered in the Central Contractors Register (CCR). If you are not registered in CCR, you cannot be awarded a DoD Contract. The Internet site for registering in the CCR is http://www.ccr.gov/. You may also contact the CCR Registration Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2423, customer service, and request the registration form and assistance packet for completion. Direct questions or inquiries prior may be made in writing to: Rock Island Contracting Center, Army Contracting Command ATTN: CCRC-AL/Kristin Comer, 1 Rock Island Arsenal Rock Island, IL 61299-8000 or via KRISTIN.L.COMER@us.army.mil.