M192 Light Weight Ground Mount

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The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality ContractingCenter, on behalf of PM Soldier Weapons has a requirement for the manufacture and delivery of the M192 Lightweight Ground Mount Assemblies.

The M192 Lightweight Ground Mount (LWGM) is an improved capability groundmount intended to replace the heavier, larger, less capable M122A1 Tripod currently in use. The M192 will be used to ground mount the M249 Squad Automatic Wean (SAW) in the Light Machine Gun role and the M240B Medium Machine Gun (MMG). The primary mission for the M192 LWGM is to provide a stable, easy to use, low profile mounting platform for the M249 SAW LMG and M240B MMG so they can deliver controlled, sustained, and accurate fire at extended ranges to support combat operations in the offensive and defensive role as required. The M192 LWGM will replace the current M122A1 Tripod on a one-for-one basis.

The item is envisioned to be fabricated from a combination of cast, forged,and NC machined parts. The materials to be used in fabrication include standard carbon and alloy steels, aluminum alloys, and bronze alloys. No exoticmaterials are used. Various heat treatments, stress relieving, and final surface protective finishes are required for these materials. Significant welding is required. The final assembly shall have a protective finish lusterless black in color. No deviations to the drawing materials, treatment,or finish will be permitted. The contractor shall fabricate the item in accordance with U.S.G. drawings, inspect them in accordance with U.S.G. Quality Assurance Provisions (QAP), and package them in accordance with U.S.G. Special Packaging Instructions (SPI).

This procurement will be a Small Business Set Aside.

A Technical Data Package (TDP) will be an Exhibit to the solicitation and will be marked with a "Distribution D" restrictive marking which limitsdistribution to Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors. This TDPcontains technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979 (Title 50, U.S.C., App. 2401 et seq), as amended. Violations of theseexport laws are subject to severe criminal penalties.

To obtain a copy of the TDP: Once the solicitation is released interested parties must mail/email a signed and approved DD Form 2345 Military Critical Technical Data Agreement along with a completed and signed AMSTA-AR Form 1350 Technical Data Request Questionnaire, and U.S. Government Non-Disclosure / Non-Use Agreement.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be released on/about 24 February 2009 for a Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite-Delivery,Indefinite-Quantity Contract with five ordering periods. The maximum contract ordering quantity is 26,010 each M192 Lightweight Ground Mounts. The minimum contract ordering quantity is 4,327 each M192 Lightweight Ground Mounts. Proposals will be required within thirty (30) days after release of the solicitation.

A First Article Test is required for ten (10) M192 Lightweight Ground Mounts one hundred eighty (180) days after contract award. Production deliveries will commence forty-five (45) days after approval of the First Article Test Report. Production deliveries will be 50 units the first month, 100 units the second month, 200 units the third month, 300 units the fourth month, 400 units the fifth month; the contractor must be able to go up to 600 Lightweight\Ground Mount Assemblies per month for the balance of the order.

All responses to this pre-solicitation notice shall be in writing (English Language). The POC for this action is Rafael Rivera, Contract Specialist, U.S. Army Joint Munitions and Lethality Contracting Center, AMSCC-JML-SW, BLDG. 9, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, Email: rafael.n.rivera@us.army.mil

TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.