Blue Dye For the Use in Violet M18 Smoke Grenades

This contract action was not awarded as a fixed price type because uncertainties involved in contract performance did not permit costs to be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed price contract. As such, a cost-reimbursement type action was awarded (FAR 16.301-2).

It is the intent of the United States Army Contracting Command-New Jersey, on behalf of the Project Director, Joint Services, Picatinny Arsenal, to issue a contract award to nation Ford Chemical for a research and development (R&D) effort to produce sufficient quantity and quality of blue dye and violet dye blend for the Government to determine whether a blue bye with the SR169 is suitable to be used in the M18 Violet Grenade formulations. The Government will supply the necessary quantity of SR169 dye as Government Furnished Material.
The contract will be for the formulation, synthesis, blending, testing, packaging and delivery of blue and violet colored dyes for the M18 Smoke Grenade Program in accordance with the performance work statement.

The NAICS code for this award is 325130 Synthetic Dye and Pigment.

The Government fulfilled this requirement utilizing Full and Open Competition under Solicitation number W15QKN-13-R-0137. The award was made to the proposal that offered the Best Value to the Government based on integrated assessment of specific factors/subfactors areas.

The primary Point of Contact (POC) for this action is Mr. Sean P. Kelly, Contract Specialist, ACC-NJ-CC, Close Combat Center, Building 10, Phipps Road, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 email: sean.p.kelly168civ@mail.mil.