Medium Caliber Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE)

The U.S. Army Contracting Command ? New Jersey (CCNJ), on behalf of the Program Manager for Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM-MAS) which manages the production of medium caliber ammunition systems for the Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO AA), intends to award up to 3 new Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for the procurement of Medium Caliber Non-Recurring Engineering (Med Cal NRE). The contracts will allow for Firm Fixed Price (FFP) or Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) task/delivery orders. One of the 3 potential contract awards will be reserved for Small Businesses. Each contract will consist of 12-month ordering periods for a total of 5 ordering periods. The U.S. Army must ensure there are adequate and affordable industrial capabilities to meet current and future needs for ammunition design, development, small quantity development related fabrication and testing. The U.S. Army utilizes the knowledge, skills, processes, and facilities of U.S. and Canada and its outlying areas contractors in order to maintain an organic capability for ammunition design, development, fabrication and testing to minimize risk of obsolescence. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3(a) (2)(i), Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Development, or Research Capability; or Expert Services, use of Other Than Full and Open Competition is deemed appropriate in order to maintain a facility, producer, manufacturer, or other supplier available for furnishing supplies or services in case of a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization. The nature of this effort will be the procurement of Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Design, and Testing Support of Medium Caliber programs for PM-MAS at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. The proposed requirement is for the development, engineering, testing services, evaluation, training models, engineering/design services and support, qualification, ammunition components and production of 20mm x 102mm, 25mm x 137mm, 30mm x 113mm (Lightweight 30mm), 30mm x 173mm and other ammunition in the range of 20mm to 50mm. All medium caliber ammunition systems will be covered under this contract. Individual task/delivery orders will be issued defining the work required and may contain options; however, being a Non-Recurring Engineering effort, specifics on tests, services and supplies are not currently available. The delivery and task orders will become known as the needs arise. The objective of this proposed procurement action is to provide a contract vehicle under which the Government can quickly and efficiently place orders for these types of products and services.