Request for Proposal - 20mm F-16 Ammunition Handling Set - NSN:1005-01-190-9802

SUBJECT: This is a Request for Proposal for the production of the 20MM Mechanical Housing NSN 1005-01-190-9802. Item Description: NSN: 1005-01-190-9802 P/N: 209F953 The Transfer Unit Mechanical Housing NSN 1005-01-190-9802, P/N 209F953 is the transfer unit attached to the M61A1 gun and is gear-driven by the gun. The transfer unit assembly is attached to the gun feeder. Its function is to transfer live rounds from feed chute to the feeder assembly, and to transfer empty cases from the unload drive assembly into conveyor elements in the return chute. Gear-driven sprocket assemblies and guides within the transfer unit maintain positive control of the rounds and conveyor elements passing through the transfer unit. The transfer unit removes rounds from the conveyor, places the rounds into the extractor lip of the gun breech bolts, receives expended cases and unfired rounds from the gun breech bolts, and places them in the conveyor. Acquisition Strategy: This item will have an Acquisition Method Code/Acquisition Method Suffix code of 2/C, in which it Suitable for competitive acquisition for the first time. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition of the part from the approved source(s). The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application. If one source is approved, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If at least...