USSOCOM has developed a GOV owned TDP for the 5.56 CALIBER PLASTIC SHORT RANGE TRAINING AMMUNITION (PSRTA) (M862A1) in accordance with the attached performance specifications. The Government reserves the right to award a contract if it is decided to be in the best interest of the public.  

Planned Acquisition:  The Government contemplates an award for 1st to 2nd quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and to utilize a 5 year single Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract of these cartridges for Special Operations Forces training. The estimated quantity to be procured for each fiscal year is 2 million of 5.56 CAL PSRTA ammunition

Submission Information:  All responsible and interested sources should submit their production capabilities for producing the requested ammunition to the Government Detailed specification.  The respondent must demonstrate and provide valid documentation that they have the manufacturing ability to produce the requested ammunition.

Respondents to this Sources Sought who are capable of manufacturing these
items should, at a minimum, provide the following information for U.S.
Government review:

• Basic Company Information: Name, website, phone number, business size
  (and any socio-economic considerations such as 8a, Small, Small Disadvantaged, Woman-Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone concern, Veteran-Owned Small Business, or Service-Disabled Small Business), NAICS code, Cage Code
• Corporate Point of Contact: To include phone number and email address
• Technical Capability: Company's technical capability and capacity to
  manufacture the item(s), past production experience (if any), description of
  facilities and personnel, expected delivery schedule for each item (in days
  after award), maximum monthly production quantities for each item, minimum
  order quantity required for each item, lead times that may impact delivery,
  price estimate for each item, information on how the company will meet
  safety / hazardous material handling requirements.
• Production Information: State whether the company will be the actual
  manufacturer of the items or if it will subcontract all or a portion of the
  requirement. If the company is not the actual manufacturer, indicate what
  percentage in dollars (not including Materials) and/or what production
  operations it will subcontract, describing any anticipated teaming
  arrangements. Indicate what percentage would be assembled or produced in
  the U.S. for each item. Describe or provide existing/anticipated licensing
  agreements with current producers, including the name of the licensing
  agency.

Please identify any Proprietary information submitted. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this market survey. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this request. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government.

All information marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities. Interested sources should submit the requested information no later than 12:00 EDT on 9 July 2021 via email to Mr. Darryl Barnes, [email protected]. Submissions are restricted to a maximum file size of 5MB, required to be in the English language, and be submitted in

Adobe® PDF format. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Any questions must be submitted via email to the point of contact above. This is only a Market Survey Notice, not a pre-solicitation notice. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION.

*Distribution Statement D Drawings (Distro D - MIL-PRF-32678_v1) will be released to individual offerors electronically ONLY after a fully executed DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement is received with requesting company name in Block 2a.

Email DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement to [email protected] and you will be approved on sam.gov to download.

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT D. DISTRIBUTION AUTHORIZED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND U.S. DOD CONTRACTORS ONLY. EXPORT CONTROL, 4 APRIL 2016. OTHER REQUESTS SHALL BE REFERRED TO USSOCOM PM-SOF LETHALITY, MACDILL AFB, FL.