Pistol family ammunition pre-solicitation for upcoming acquisition

The Army Contracting Command and the Project Manager, Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM-MAS) intends to issue Request For Proposal (RFP) W52P1J-15-R-0001 for pistol family ammunition consisting of calibers .38, .45 and 9mm cartridges. This acquisition will use Full and Open competition and award using Best Value/Trade-off Source Selection Procedures, resulting in a five (5) year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) for copper and lead applicable for DODICs AA49 and A363 with range/matrix pricing for the pistol family ammunition below. The resulting contract will be firm fixed-price (FFP)with Economic Price Adjustment (EPA).

The following ammunition will be included in this RFP:

CLIN 0001-DODIC: A400, Caliber .38, Special Ball, NSN: 1305-00-322-6391
CLIN 0002-DODIC: A403, Caliber .38, Special Ball Wad-cutter, NSN: 1305-00-810-8250
CLIN 0003-DODIC: A404, Caliber .38, Blank Special, NSN: 1305-00-123-0548
CLIN 0004-DODIC: A475, Caliber .45, Ball M1911, NSN: 1305-00-301-1685
CLIN 0005-DODIC: A482, Caliber .45, Ball Wad-cutter Match, NSN: 1305-00-892-4230
CLIN 0006-DODIC: A483, Caliber .45, Ball M1911 Match, NSN: 1305-00-892-2526
CLIN 0007-DODIC: AA49, Caliber 9mm Ball M882 (Comm. Pack), NSN: 1305-01-470-2090
CLIN 0008-DODIC: A363, Caliber 9mm Ball M882 (Mil Pack), NSN: 1305-01-172-9558
CLIN 0009-DODIC: A260, Caliber 9mm, Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP) Mk243, NSN: 1305-01-357-8488

Estimated Solicitation Issue Date: June 30, 2015
Estimated Solicitation Closing Date: July 30, 2015

The EPA clause is applicable for copper and lead. The EPA clause shall apply to all orders placed in Ordering Periods 2-5 for 9mm Cartridges, DODIC AA49, NSN: 1305-01-470-2090 and DODIC A363, NSN: 1305-01-172-9558. Any orders placed in Ordering Period 1 for DODICs AA49 and A363 are exempt from this clause.

The following are the five Ordering Periods covered by this proposed solicitation.

Ordering Period (OP) 1: Award date - 365 days after award (DAA)
Ordering Period (OP) 2: 366 DAA - 730 DAA
Ordering Period (OP) 3: 731 DAA - 1095 DAA
Ordering Period (OP) 4: 1096 DAA - 1460 DAA
Ordering Period (OP) 5: 1461 DAA - 1825 DAA

For each Ordering Period, the Government's estimated buy quantities by Ordering Period are as follows:

OP 01 - 57,172,000 cartridges
OP 02 - 57,393,066 cartridges
OP 03 - 58,419,198 cartridges
OP 04 - 56,625,675 cartridges
OP 05 - 56,405,383 cartridges

CAUTION: This solicitation will be issued electronically as will any amendments thereto. Because of this, the Government is under no obligation and is in fact unable to maintain a bidder's mailing list. It is therefore incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access the above internet address in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for bid opening/receipt of proposals may render your bid or proposal nonresponsive and result in the rejection of the same.