Prototype Project Opportunity Notice (PPON) for Precision Grenadier System (PGS) Technology Demonstration
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- W15QKN25R14B5
- Agency
-
ACC Picatinny
Army Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 332994 Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
- PSC
- 1005 Guns, Through 30Mm
- Place of performance
- Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey is seeking prototype development for the Precision Grenadier System (PGS), a next-generation shoulder-fired weapon system designed to enhance soldier capabilities in close-quarters combat. The solicitation aims to award multiple Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) to develop technology elements for a semi-automatic, magazine-fed armament system with improved lethality and precision compared to legacy grenade launchers. Interested offerors must submit white papers by March 13, 2025, at 1600 EST, detailing proposed system elements that can mature the PGS concept. Evaluation will be based on the white papers submitted, with a focus on technological innovation and potential to address capability gaps. Eligible participants must either be a nontraditional defense contractor, include small business participation, or provide one-third cost share for the project.
The contract opportunity is not set aside for any specific business category and is open to multiple potential contractors in the small arms and ordnance manufacturing sector. Each prototype agreement will be fixed-price with a maximum value of $2 million and a performance period of 12 months. The place of performance is Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, with the project focused on developing a weapon system capable of operating in diverse environments including urban, jungle, woodland, subterranean, and desert settings. This PPON represents a risk reduction effort separate from the formal Precision Grenadier Program of Record and does not guarantee future production contracts. The Army intends to select multiple offerors for potential collaboration meetings and further prototype development, with the ultimate goal of creating a versatile weapon system that provides overmatch capabilities in near-peer combat scenarios.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
The purpose of this Amendment is to update the Q&A.
Prototype Project Opportunity Notice (PPON) - Precision Grenadier System (PGS) Technology Demonstration, W15QKN-25-R-14B5. Related notice W15QKN-25-X-12TE.
The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ) on behalf of Project Manager (PM) Soldier Lethality is issuing a Prototype Project Opportunity Notice (PPON) with the intent to award multiple Fixed Price Prototype Project OTAs under Section 815 OTA authority, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 4022.
The Precision Grenadier System (PGS) is envisioned to be a Soldier portable, shoulder fired, semi-automatic, magazine fed, integrated armament system (weapon, ammunition, fire control) that enables rapid, precision engagements to destroy personnel targets in defilade and in the open with increased lethality and precision compared to legacy grenade launchers, while also not impacting Soldier mobility. The PGS is anticipated to be deployed as a Soldier’s primary weapon system, providing organic, close-quarters combat, counter-defilade, and counter-UAS capabilities through a family of ammunition to ranges in concert with the rest of the squad’s battlespace, and requiring minimal resupplies to support. This capability shall provide overmatch to comparable threat grenade launchers in near-peer formations in future operating environments to include urban, jungle, woodland, subterranean, and desert, in day, night, or obscured conditions.
The purpose of the PPON is for interested offerors to identify a System Element(s) that can be matured in direct support of the PGS System Concept. This PPON is a risk reduction effort separate from the Precision Grenadier Program of Record with the goal of developing technologies associated with the current capability gap.
In response to this notice, interested offerors shall submit white papers in accordance with the instructions provided in the PPON, which has been included as an attachment to the notice. The instructions and evaluation criteria detailed in the attached PPON describe the basis of selection that will be used to evaluate the submissions.
Update #1 ·
Prototype Project Opportunity Notice (PPON) - Precision Grenadier System (PGS) Technology Demonstration, W15QKN-25-R-14B5. Related notice W15QKN-25-X-12TE.
The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ) on behalf of Project Manager (PM) Soldier Lethality is issuing a Prototype Project Opportunity Notice (PPON) with the intent to award multiple Fixed Price Prototype Project OTAs under Section 815 OTA authority, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 4022.
The Precision Grenadier System (PGS) is envisioned to be a Soldier portable, shoulder fired, semi-automatic, magazine fed, integrated armament system (weapon, ammunition, fire control) that enables rapid, precision engagements to destroy personnel targets in defilade and in the open with increased lethality and precision compared to legacy grenade launchers, while also not impacting Soldier mobility. The PGS is anticipated to be deployed as a Soldier’s primary weapon system, providing organic, close-quarters combat, counter-defilade, and counter-UAS capabilities through a family of ammunition to ranges in concert with the rest of the squad’s battlespace, and requiring minimal resupplies to support. This capability shall provide overmatch to comparable threat grenade launchers in near-peer formations in future operating environments to include urban, jungle, woodland, subterranean, and desert, in day, night, or obscured conditions.
The purpose of the PPON is for interested offerors to identify a System Element(s) that can be matured in direct support of the PGS System Concept. This PPON is a risk reduction effort separate from the Precision Grenadier Program of Record with the goal of developing technologies associated with the current capability gap.
In response to this notice, interested offerors shall submit white papers in accordance with the instructions provided in the PPON, which has been included as an attachment to the notice. The instructions and evaluation criteria detailed in the attached PPON describe the basis of selection that will be used to evaluate the submissions.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Questions_and_Answers_4 Mar_v2.docx | DOCX document | |
| PGS PPON OTA_FINAL 2-11-2025.docx | DOCX document |
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