RFAAP Industry One-on-One Engagement March 17-18, 2025
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- Agency
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ACC Rock Island
Army Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 325920 Explosives Manufacturing
- PSC
- M1EA Operation Of Ammunition Facilities
- Place of performance
- Radford, Virginia, United States
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About this opportunity
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Rock Island Arsenal (ACC Rock Island) has issued a Special Notice for an Industry One-on-One Engagement scheduled for March 17-18, 2025, at the Hilton Parsippany in New Jersey. The event is specifically related to the planned competition for production of propellants and operation of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP). This notice is categorized under the Explosives Manufacturing NAICS code and focuses on Operation of Ammunition Facilities. The engagement is part of a strategic process to clarify information submitted through Whitepapers and Requests for Information (RFI) from potential industry participants.
The primary objective of this one-on-one engagement is for the U.S. Government to conduct targeted discussions with select companies to seek clarification on their submitted materials. Attendance is strictly limited to a maximum of four representatives per company, including both in-person and virtual participants, with consulting firm representatives counting toward this limit. The government will proactively contact companies directly to coordinate specific session dates and times, and will provide questions to vendors in advance of the sessions. No contract will be awarded based on these interactions, and the government emphasizes that participants should not rely on information presented during the event for proposal formulation. A virtual participation option will be available for companies unable to attend in person, with additional details to be communicated prior to the event. The Special Notice stresses that only the Contracting Officer can make official commitments, and any future Request for Proposal (RFP) will supersede information discussed during these sessions.
Notice text
2 versions
Update #2 · Latest ·
10 March 2025 Revision:
- Update to Location in Paragraph #1 of the Industry One-on-One Engagement announcement
- Update to Paragraph #2, number of attendees allowed in-person and virtually.
- Update to Paragraph #3
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Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) Industry One-on-One Engagement
March 17-18, 2025
Announcement:
- The Army Contracting Command - Rock Island, the Project Lead Joint Services, and the Joint Munitions Command will be hosting one-on-one Industry engagement sessions for the planned competition for the production of propellants and the operation of the RFAAP.
Location:
Picatinny Arsenal
Building 1
Goll Conference Room
- The USG intends to hold one-on-one sessions to present questions to select companies on Whitepaper submissions and Requests for Information (RFI). The USG will drive these sessions with the intention to clarify information presented within the Whitepapers and RFI’s. Answers to the USG’s questions will not be publicly shared as discussion with each company will contain proprietary information. The USG intends to provide its questions to vendors prior to the one-on-one sessions.
- The USG will contact each company directly to coordinate the date and time of the one-on-one session and provide additional details. A virtual option will be provided for those who cannot attend in-person. More details on this will be provided prior to the event. Attendance for this event will be limited to a maximum of four representatives per company in-person in addition to a maximum of four representatives per company virtually. Individuals from consulting firms acting on behalf of a particular company will be included in the respective company’s total representative count. The limit will be strictly enforced.
- Please note, the USG does not intend to hold one-on-one sessions with every company that submitted a Whitepaper and/or RFI. The USG will only request a session with companies for which the USG has clarifying questions with respect to the submitted Whitepaper and/or RFI. Companies will be notified no later than COB Wednesday, March 12, 2025 of the Government's intention to hold a one-on-one session. Please understand that if a session request is not received by your company by that suspense, the Government does not have follow-up questions to the submitted Whitepaper and/or RFI responses for your company at this time.
- The USG does not intend to award a contract on the basis of these Industry one-on-one sessions or otherwise pay or reimburse respondents for participation in this event. Do not rely on information presented today in formulating proposals. Should a Request for Proposal (RFP) be issued, any information contained within the RFP supersedes the information presented here. No USG personnel, except for the Contracting Officer, can make any commitments on behalf of the USG.
Update #1 ·
Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) Industry One-on-One Engagement
March 17-18, 2025
Announcement:
- The Army Contracting Command - Rock Island, the Project Lead Joint Services, and the Joint Munitions Command will be hosting one-on-one Industry engagement sessions for the planned competition for the production of propellants and the operation of the RFAAP.
Location:
Hilton Parsippany
1 Hilton Court
Parsippany, NJ 07054
- The USG intends to hold one-on-one sessions to present questions to select companies on Whitepaper submissions and Requests for Information (RFI). The USG will drive these sessions with the intention to clarify information presented within the Whitepapers and RFI’s. Answers to the USG’s questions will not be publicly shared as discussion with each company will contain proprietary information. The USG intends to provide its questions to vendors prior to the one-on-one sessions.
- The USG will contact each company directly to coordinate the date and time of the one-on-one session and provide additional details. A virtual option will be provided for those who cannot attend in-person. More details on this will be provided prior to the event. Attendance for this event will be limited to a maximum of four representatives per company, to include those in person and virtual. Individuals from consulting firms acting on behalf of a particular company will be included in the respective company’s total representative count. The limit will be strictly enforced.
- Please note, the USG does not intend to hold one-on-one sessions with every company that submitted a Whitepaper and/or RFI. The USG will only request a session with companies for which the USG has clarifying questions with respect to the submitted Whitepaper and/or RFI.
- The USG does not intend to award a contract on the basis of these Industry one-on-one sessions or otherwise pay or reimburse respondents for participation in this event. Do not rely on information presented today in formulating proposals. Should a Request for Proposal (RFP) be issued, any information contained within the RFP supersedes the information presented here. No USG personnel, except for the Contracting Officer, can make any commitments on behalf of the USG.
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