Sources Sought for Disruptor Kits

Added: May 04, 2016 11:03 am

SOURCES SOUGHT for Disruptor Kits

INTRODUCTION

The 925th Contracting Battalion and Regional Contracting Center – Capital, Afghanistan is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and ability to support the requirement to provide Disruptor Kits. The contract is anticipated to be a firm fixed price contract.

This purchase is for 472 K998EB Percussion Actuated Non-Electric (PAN) Disrupter Kits for ANA, 200 K998EB PAN Disrupter Kits for ANP C-IED Branch, and 25 K998EB PAN Disrupter Kits for ANA EOD Schools. Each disrupter kit contains the following components: barrel (ACME thread), electric breech with Acme Threads, seating tool, shell extractor, red laser sight & adapter, 50 red plastic plugs, 50 black plastic plugs, 16oz water bottle, SBS-T electric initiator, gun bore cleaning kit, iM2700 storm case with foam, disrupter manual CD (English), and post stand. The kit must be capable of initiating AA62 PAN Ultra Velocity Slug MK274-0 (12-gauge shotgun shell), AA66 PAN Commercial Black Powder Blank MK278-0 (12-gauge shotgun shell), and commercial 12-gauge shotgun shell. Substitutes are not acceptable.

Your response to this Sources Sought shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Casie Ford, via email to casie.c.ford@afghan.swa.army.mil.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR LOCAL AFGHAN VENDORS OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.  Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

DISCLAIMER

“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED.  IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.  RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER.  NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), IF ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE).  IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”