Lightweight Shoulder Launched Munition – Army Sources Sought

INTRODUCTION The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ) on behalf of the U.S. Army Capability Program Executive Ammunition & Energetics (CPE A&E), Office of the Project Manager Close Combat Systems (PM CCS) Picatinny Arsenal, NJ is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest and industry technologies available for the production and delivery of lightweight shoulder launched munition (SLM-LW). USG Technical Data Packages (TDPs) will not be made available. This effort will be a program supporting Department of War ammunition stockpile and training requirements for SLM-LW. The period of performance (POP) of this requirement is expected to be five (5) years and may result in a Requirements Contract or Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity with Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Orders.     The Government is seeking to identify potential sources interested in and capable of providing technologies to meet the Army’s SLM-LW requirement. The SLM-LW will be single-shot, disposable, and capable of engaging multiple targets (light armor, earth/timber bunkers, reinforced concrete, adobe and triple brick structures). Potential sources will be able to support/provide the manufacturing, production, inspection, testing, packaging, shipping and delivery of a SLM-LW solution. This requirement includes the procurement of SLM-LW training devices and spare parts for trainer maintenance. Potential SLM-LW training devices include a SLM-LW sub-caliber trainer and inert Field Handling Trainer (FHT) to include operator’s manuals and maintenance manuals. The training solution will serve to increase the Soldier's proficiency with the SLM-LW and ensure its successful integration into combat operations. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement, if a requirement materializes. Based on the responses to this Sources Sought notice/market research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses (in full or in part) or procured through full and open competition. Multiple awards may be made. All small business set-aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding 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. PROGRAM BACKGROUND CPE A&E, PM CCS has a requirement for a lightweight SLM capability (tactical and trainer system) that will be operated by an individual Soldier in combat units at the Squad level. The required solution will be an improvement over existing SLM systems, namely a lighter weight. It will allow Soldiers to conduct urban operations with the ability to defeat an enemy protected by a variety of light-armored vehicles and structural targets with increased (behind the wall) lethality and less burden on the individual soldier. The required solution will be effective day or night at close ranges with an ability to safely engage targets from within enclosures. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES The SLM-LW tactical solution will have the following capabilities: The Government is looking for the lightest solution possible, with a total maximum carry weight of 15 lbs .  The Government is looking for the most compact system with a maximum stowed system length of 42 inches or less. The system will have the capability to penetrate, defeat and incapacitate personnel within light armor, earth/timber bunkers, double-reinforced concrete, adobe and triple brick structures. The system will be a one-shot disposable system The system will be capable of engaging targets at a range of 30 meters up to 200 meters (or greater). The system must function under various environmental conditions, including the     following temperature ranges: Operational temperature -40⁰F to +140⁰F and Storage temperature -50⁰F to +160⁰F.The preferred solution will have a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 8; however, if your solution is a TRL 7 please respond with efforts still required to achieve level 8. TRL 7 is defined as a prototype that has been tested in an actual operational environment. TRL 8 is defined as a full-up / final system that is completed and qualified through test and demonstration. The technology has been proven to work in its final form and under expected conditions. In almost all cases