Cemented Tungsten Carbide

The U.S. Contracting Command – New Jersey, on behalf of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Armaments Center (CCDC AC), Small Caliber Munitions Division FCDD-ACM-MI at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, is conducting market research to determine the capability of businesses to manufacture and produce Cemented Tungsten Carbide.

NAICS Code: 331492 Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)

PSC Code: 9530

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. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”

REQUIREMENT:

1. The Government is planning a contract with annual capability between 1,500,000 and 5,000,000 parts per year. Firms are requested to be able to produce Cemented Tungsten Carbide to the following specifications:

a. Tungsten carbide with cobalt binder parts with diameters ranging from 0.040” to 0.261” and tolerances ranging from ±0.002 to +0.000/-0.004 and larger.

b. Distances and lengths being no longer than 0.750” and tolerances being as small as ±0.003”

2. All manufacturing of cemented tungsten carbide components shall be performed on site of the supplier

3. All manufacturing operations shall be performed in the United States

4. ISO 9001 Certified Preferred or equivalent

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Each potential source is requested to provide the contract number(s), dollar value(s) and brief description of work previously or currently being performed, which specifically demonstrates the contractor's ability to successfully satisfy the requirement listed above. Firms shall also provide point of contact information, where available, for the efforts cited above.  In addition, please provide the firm’s name and address, point of contact with telephone number and email address, CAGE Code and DUNS number, size of business (i.e. large, small, disadvantaged, veteran owned, woman owned, etc.) and applicable NAICS and Product Service Code’s.  

This is a market survey for information only, and shall not be construed as a request for a proposal or as an obligation on the part of the US Government.  The US Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market survey or otherwise pay for information solicited.

The official response must be submitted to: U.S. Contracting Command New Jersey, CC-NJ-JA, ATTN: Yubaraj Rasaily, Building 9, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806. Electronic submittals are preferred and should be sent to Email: [email protected] by March 23 2020 by 3:30pm eastern standard time. Phone inquiries will not be addressed; all requests should be submitted in writing via email. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the survey.