MK80 Series General Purpose and BLU-109 Tritonal Bomb Kits

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Rock Island, on behalf of the Project Director for Joint Bombs, awarded a sole-source firm-fixed price contract to General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), Garland, TX, for FY19-23 requirements for the MK80 Series General Purpose (GP) and BLU-109 Tritonal Bomb Kits, hereafter referred to as Tritonal Bomb Kits, which consists of the following components:
ITEM NSN
MK81-5 Empty Case Assembly 1325-00-580-1799
MK82-1 Empty Case Assembly 1325-00-585-3841
MK83-4 Empty Case Assembly 1325-00-104-7268
MK84-4 Empty Case Assembly 1325-01-008-1335
BLU-109/B Empty Case Assembly 1325-01-335-8828
CNU-417/E Container 8140-01-252-7060
MK3-0 Suspension Lug 1325-00-684-1364
MS3314 Suspension Lug 1325-00-116-4452
Trinitrotoluene (TNT) 1376-00-628-3333
Aluminum Powder 6810-00-628-3382

These munitions are required to support the U.S. Air Force and U.S. allies in bombing missions. Tritonal Bomb Kits are used as building blocks for numerous variants of non guided and precision-guided air delivered munitions.
This proposed sole-source contract is under the authority of 10 United States Code 2304(c)(3), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3, Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Developmental, or Research Capability; or Expert Services. As implemented by FAR 6.302-3(b)(1)(i) and (iv), full and open competition need not be provided for when it is necessary to keep vital facilities or suppliers in business or make them available in the event of a national emergency, and to create or maintain the required domestic capability for production of critical supplies by limited competition to items manufactured in the U.S. or its outlying areas.
GD-OTS possesses the unique bomb body manufacturing capabilities and the expertise necessary to procure and provide the other components of the Tritonal Bomb Kits. The bomb body capabilities involve specialized skills, equipment, and facilities, which have been developed over many years by GD-OTS to meet production, safety, and quality requirements of GP bomb bodies. Further, GD-OTS has successfully developed the expertise necessary to provide the Tritonal Bomb Kit components, in the time required to meet the USAF demand.

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