Gun Barrel and Button Rifling Equipment

RIA-JMTC is looking for interested vendors who offer for sale and/or manufacturer turn-key gun barrel and button rifling equipment. Vendors shall have experience in manufacturing, supplying, and/or offering for sale in the regular course of business the following type of equipment:

General Requirements:
Equipment must be equipped to drill, ream, rifle, and inspect barrel blanks and drill and broach barrel inserts; Bore diameters from 22 caliber to 50 caliber with lengths from 14.5 inches to 50 inches and outside (stock) diameter up to 3 inches.
Gun Drill: Equipment must have a dual spindle with the capability to drill up to a maximum 60 inches; 22 to 50 caliber capability with various tooling changes; controllable speeds and feed rates from the controls or within a program setting; capable of drilling and reaming; Program storage; Fault detection/alarms for various maintenance issues such as broken tools, low/lost coolant/oil, etc.
Rifling Equipment: Equipment must be able to rifle barrels either by broaching or button rifling and broach cobalt-chromium inserts with tooling and work holding changes; 22 to 50 caliber capacity and 60 inch max. length; Pull force up to 25 tons; Twist rate, feed and return rates controllable by controls or within programs; program storage; Fault detection with automatic shut down based on error codes.

All interested vendors shall provide the following information:
-Company Name, Phone Number, and Address
- Company Cage Code
- Company Point of Contact with Phone Number and Email Address
- Description of your product/equipment that best meets the above general requirements of this notice. (i.e catalog, brochure, or any other published data that describes the equipment)
- Estimated delivery lead times for said equipment

Request response by 30 September 2012.

All inquiries shall be sent to Sabrina Lowe, email: sabrina.l.lowe.civ@mail.mil