R&D- DEFENSE SYSTEM: TANK/AUTOMOTIVE (BASIC RESEARCH)
THE U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - WARREN (ACC-WRN) IN WARREN, MICHIGAN PROPOSES TO ISSUE SOLE SOURCE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) W56HZV-14-R-0331, AND SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUE A CONTRACT, TO AXEL PRODUCTS, INC. OF ANN ARBOR, MI FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK TO INCLUDE CONDUCTING HYPER-ELASTIC TESTING, CRACK FATIGUE TESTING, RUBBER AND FATIGUE MODELING, AND RUBBER COMPOUND DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-CAPACITY LIGHTWEIGHT TRACK SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE IN THE 70-75 TON WEIGHT CLASS, WITH A GOAL OF REALIZING A 50% IMPROVEMENT IN COMPONENT DURABILITY AS A RESULT. THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR'S EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING INDEPENDENT FATIGUE ANALYSIS DATA ON FAILED TRACK COMPONENTS, LEVERAGING FEA DATA, DEVELOPING FE SAFE FATIGUE PROTOTYPE DATA, ABILITY TO APPLY DATA IN THE PROPRIETARY FE SAFE FATIGUE SOFTWARE AND HISTORY OF DEVELOPING IMPROVED RUBBER COMPOUNDS FOR MILITARY TRACK SYSTEMS IN THE 70-75 TON WEIGHT CLASS MAKES THEM UNIQUELY QUALIFIED AS THE ONLY SOURCE ! CAPABLE OF SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THIS WORK IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL COMPETENCY, COST, AND PERFORMANCE TIME. THE ESTIMATED COSTS AND PROJECTED PERFORMANCE TIMES ARE $250,000.00 FOR AN 18 MONTH BASE PERIOD, AND AN ADDITIONAL $245,000.00 FOR AN 18 MONTH OPTION (POTENTIAL OVERALL TOTALS ARE $495,000.00 AND 36 MONTHS). THE CURRENT DATE ANTICIPATED FOR RFP RELEASE AND ISSUANCE IS ON OR ABOUT 16 JULY 2014, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHALL RESPOND BY NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS THEREAFTER (ON OR ABOUT 15 AUGUST 2014). ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES WHO BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE THE CAPABILITY AND INTEREST TO PERFORM SUCH WORK SHOULD, VIA E-MAIL, SUBMIT A CAPABILITY STATEMENT TO THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST IDENTIFIED BELOW FOR CONSIDERATION AND DETERMINATION IF COMPETITION WILL POTENTIALLY BE SOUGHT FOR THIS ACQUISITION (PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR E-MAIL IS TITLED "CAPABILITY STATEMENT - RFP W56HZV-14-R-0331"). THE ACC-WRN'S COGNIZANT R&D CONTRACTING OFFICE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS NOTICE IS MIC! HAEL CIACIUCH, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, E-MAIL: [email protected] (PHONE 586.282.8111, ALTHOUGH PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY IF EVIDENCE THAT SEVERAL PREVIOUS E-MAIL TRANSMISSION ATTEMPTS HAVE FAILED CAN BE PROVIDED), AND JOHN HOPFNER ([email protected] / 586.282.9982) WILL BE ACC-WRN'S PROCURING CONTRACTING OFFICER (PCO) FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. IMPORTANT NOTE: ANY AND ALL CORRESPONDENCE FOR THIS NOTICE SHALL ONLY BE E-MAILED TO MR. CIACIUCH. SEE GOVERNMENT-WIDE NUMBERED NOTE 22.
MICHAEL CIACIUCH,Contract Specialist,(586)282-9630 or JOHN M. HOPFNER,Contracting Officer,(586)282-7359
U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND
