Interim Combat Service Rifle (ICSR), Neue Ausschreibung der US-Armee Einstellungen

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Die US-Armee sucht (wieder mal) ein neues Gewehr. Diesmal soll es eine Waffe in 7,62 mm x 51 werden. Es sollen bis zu 50.000 (!) Waffen beschafft werden.

Interim Combat Service Rifle (ICSR)

SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background and Authority*

The Army has identified a potential gap in the capability of ground forces and infantry to penetrate body armor using existing ammunition. To address this operational need, the Army is looking for an Interim Combat Service Rifle (ICSR) that is capable of defeating emerging threats. The Government has a requirement to acquire a commercial 7.62mm ICSR to field with the M80A1 Enhanced Performance Round (EPR) to engage and defeat protected and unprotected threats. The ultimate objective of the program is to acquire and field a 7.62mm ICSR that will increase Soldier lethality.

The Government intends to award a maximum of eight (8) Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), procuring seven (7) weapons from each Offeror for test and evaluation purposes. The Government reserves the right to award less than eight (8) OTAs or to make no OTA awards. Offerors may submit more than one (1) proposal, however, each proposal must be separate and distinct from one another. Each proposal shall include a bid sample, proposal and system safety assessment report. Once the test and evaluation is concluded, the Government may award a single follow-on Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) based contract for the production of up to 50,000 weapons. This estimate is subject to change.

All interested Offerors are required to submit a bid sample, proposal, and system safety assessment report. The weapon system bid sample (one (1) weapon), along with proposal and a system safety assessment report, shall be delivered no later than 1500 Eastern Daylight Time Wednesday 6 September 2017 . The one (1) bid sample weapon shall include enough magazines to support the basic load of 210 rounds, one (1) cleaning kit, one (1) suppressor, one (1) specialized tool kit (if required) and one (1) commercial manual.

Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2371b, Other Transaction Agreements for Prototypes may be awarded to nontraditional and traditional defense contractors to carry out prototype projects that are directly relevant to enhancing the mission effectiveness of military personnel and the supporting platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed by the Department of Defense, or to improvement of platforms, systems, components, or materials in use by the armed forces.

The information provided in this Commercial Opportunity Notice (CON) for Other Transaction Agreements (OTA) is intended to ensure that to the maximum extent practicable, competitive procedures are used when entering into agreements to carry out this prototype project.

*For additional information please refer to the Department of Defense (DOD), Other Transactions Guide for Prototype Projects (OTA Guide), Version 1.2.0, dated January 2017

1.2 CON for OTA Procedure

This CON for an OTA is seeking proposals to accelerate lethal defensive and offensive capabilities utilizing innovative, commercial off the shelf item(s) for the selection of an ICSR. The acquisition will be conducted in several phases as follows:

Phase 1: Submission of ICSR Bid Sample(s), Proposal for each Bid Sample, System Safety Assessment Report for each Bid Sample and award for a maximum of eight (8) OTA's for seven (7) ICSRs each.

Phase 2: Testing and Evaluation of the seven (7) ICSRs acquired under the OTA's from each awardee.

Phase 3: Potential Selection of one (1) Offeror for award of a single Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract under the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) for follow-on production, for up to 50,000 ICSRs.

The ICSR Bid Sample, Proposal, and System Safety Assessment Report shall be submitted as specified in Section 3 of this CON for an OTA. The Government will evaluate the Proposal(s) and ICSR Bid Sample(s) against the criteria stated in this announcement. The Government will not pay Offerors for the ICSR Bid Sample submissions, and may engage in dialogues with Offerors prior to OTA award.

SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS

"Agreements Officer" as defined by the DoD OTA Guide is to an individual with authority to enter into, administer, or terminate other transactions for prototype projects. To be eligible to be an Agreements Officer, the individual must be a warranted DoD Contracting Officer with a comparable dollar value warrant.

"Innovative" means--
(1) any new technology, process, or method, including research and development; or
(2) any new application of an existing technology, process, or method.

"Key Participant" as defined by the DoD OTA Guide means a business unit that makes a significant contribution to the prototype project. Examples of what might be considered a significant contribution include supplying new key technology or products, accomplishing a significant amount of the effort, or in some other way causing a material reduction in the cost or schedule or increase in performance.

"Nontraditional Defense Contractor" as the term is defined in section 2302(9) of title 10, United States Code with respect to applicable authority, means an entity that is not currently performing and has not performed, for at least the one-year period preceding the solicitation of sources by the Department of Defense for the procurement or transaction, any contract or subcontract for the Department of Defense that is subject to full coverage under the cost accounting standards prescribed pursuant to section 1502 of title 41 and the regulations implementing such section. This includes all small business concerns under the criteria and size standards in Title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, part 121 (13 CFR 121).

"Other Transaction for Prototype Projects" refers to this type of Other Transaction Agreement (OTA). This type of OTA is authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2371b for prototype projects directly relevant to enhancing the mission effectiveness of military personnel and the supporting platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed by the DoD, or for the improvement of platforms, systems, components, or materials in use by the armed forces. This type of OTA is treated by DoD as an acquisition instrument, commonly referred to as an "other transaction" for a prototype project or a Section 2371b "other transaction". "Prototype" can generally be described as a physical or virtual model used to evaluate the technical or manufacturing feasibility or military utility.

"Small Business" as defined by the DoD OTA Guide means a small business concern as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)

SECTION 3 - GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL and ICSR BID SAMPLE

The purpose of the Proposal and ICSR Bid Sample is to identify innovative solutions for the Department of Defense and preclude effort on the part of the Offeror whose proposed work is not of interest to the Government. Accordingly, Offerors are encouraged to submit Proposal(s) and ICSR Bid Sample(s) following the instructions detailed below. The Proposal and ICSR Bid Sample should specifically identify how the Offeror will achieve the requirements stated in this CON for OTA on Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) fbo.gov. In general, companies will be notified within approximately 120 calendar days after the CON has closed whether their solution is of interest to the US Government.

PROPOSAL and ICSR BID SAMPLE SUBMISSION:

1) The costs of preparing and submitting the Proposal and ICSR Bid Sample are not considered an allowable direct charge to any contract or agreement.

2) Advertising brochures are not desired.

3) Multiple Proposals may be submitted by the same organization; however, each Proposal shall consist of the following: ICSR Bid Sample, Proposal, and System Safety Assessment Report. Each Proposal must be separate and distinct from one another.

4) The Proposal(s) shall be valid for a period of 180 days. The period of performance for the OTA(s) will be no greater than 24 months unless otherwise mutually agreed to by all parties

5) Technical data with military application may require appropriate approval, authorization, or license for lawful exportation.

6) All Proposals and ICSR Bid Samples shall be unclassified. Proposals and ICSR Bid Samples containing data that is not to be disclosed to the public for any purpose or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes shall include the following sentences on the cover page of the Proposal:

"This Proposal includes data that shall not be disclosed outside the Government and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed -- in whole or in part -- for any purpose other than to evaluate this submission. If, however, an agreement is awarded to this Company as a result of -- or in connection with -- the submission of this data, the Government shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent agreed upon by both parties in the resulting agreement. This restriction does not limit the Government's right to use information contained in this data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in sheets [insert numbers or other identification of sheets]"

Each restricted data sheet should be marked as follows:
"Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal."

7) Foreign-Owned businesses may be an Offeror alone or through some form of teaming arrangement with one or more United States-owned businesses. However, the ability to obtain an agreement based upon a submission may depend upon the ability of the Foreign- Owned business to obtain necessary clearances and approvals to obtain proscribed information, prior to the close of this CON for OTA.

8) Questions regarding the objectives or preparation of the Proposal and ICSR Bid Sample shall be addressed to Gloria Thoguluva, Contract Specialist, Army Contracting Command - New Jersey, Email: gloria.thoguluva.civ@mail.mil.

9) Proposal submission and System Safety Assessment Report must be submitted electronically via Email to: gloria.thoguluva.civ@mail.mil. Note: electronic submission of files exceeding 20 megabytes (MB), but less than 2 gigabytes (GB) in size, can be transmitted to gloria.thoguluva.civ@mail.mil using the AMRDEC Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) system at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/Welcome.aspx

10) ICSR Bid Samples must be submitted to the below address, using the standard commercial shipping and packaging as listed in Attachment 0001 of this CON, along with Email notification that shipment has been initiated.

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