MK84-4 Tritonal Bomb Kit

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Rock Island, on behalf of the Project Director for Joint Products, intends to award a sole-source firm-fixed price contract to General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), Garland, Texas, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017 requirements of the MK84-4 Tritonal Bomb Kit, which consists of the following components:

ITEM                                                                   NSN
MK84 MOD 4 Empty Case Assembly             1325-01-008-1335
MK3 MOD 0 Suspension Lugs                       1325-00-684-1364
Trinitrotoluene (TNT)                                      1376-00-628-3333
Aluminum Powder                                           6810-00-628-3382

These munitions are critically required to support the U.S. Air Force in their mission to conduct contingency operations. MK84-4 Tritonal-filled General Purpose (GP) bombs are used as building blocks for numerous variants of non-guided and precision-guided air delivered munitions. The aerodynamically designed steel case houses a high explosive fill that accounts for 40-50 percent of the bomb's approximate 2,000 pound weight. The MK 84-4 GP bombs are designed to provide a combination of blast, fragmentation, and overpressure effect on target. The bomb bodies include wells in the nose and tail to accommodate proximity sensors and mechanical, electrical, or electronic fuzes. They can be used with conical, non-retard or retarding fin assemblies, or with electro-optical, laser and/or Global Positioning System guidance airfoil kits.

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), the use of other than full and open completion is necessary to keep vital facilities or suppliers in business or make them available in the event of a national emergency.

GD-OTS possesses the unique bomb body manufacturing capabilities and the expertise necessary to procure and provide the other MK84-4 Tritonal Bomb Kit components, in the timeframe needed to meet the customer's requirement that deliveries begin in March 2017. Other potential sources cannot meet the customer's required delivery date due to the facilitization and production lead-times, or are outside of the U.S. or Canada.

The anticipated FY16 base quantity for this procurement is 20,000 MK84-4 Tritonal Bomb Kits. This contract will also contain an evaluated option for FY17 requirements. The maximum contract quantity, including the base and option quantities, will be 40,000 MK84-4 Tritonal Bomb Kits. The contract will also contain First Article Test requirements.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, as no solicitation package will be issued and this solicitation is restricted to GD-OTS, Garland, TX. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement via email to Ms. Danielle M. Walters, Contract Specialist, at danielle.m.walters3.civ@mail.mil. The Agency will consider any such submission. A determination not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.