58 -- Night Vision Weapon Sights

The United States Special Operations Command has a requirement for a multi year procurement of a minimum of 20 and up to 3000 commercially available, lightweight, in-line, long range Night Vision Weapon Sights for long gun application up to and including 50 caliber. The desired Optimal Resolution is 4.2 cycles per milliradian (cy/mr) or better. The in-line sight must interface with existing day scopes including but not limited to Leupold Model 10X M3 Mark 4, Leupold Model 3.5X to 10X x 40mm varipower, Leupold Model 4.5X to 14X x 40mm varipower, Night Force 5X to 22X varipower or equivalents without having to adapt/modify existing scope rings, current day scope or shooter’s firing positions. The system must also be able to mount on MIL-STD-1913 rails using a single throw lever type mounting system (Knight’s Armament PN: 22097 Knightscope base assembly) or equivalent. In addition to system procurement, the 5-year ID/IQ contract will include operator and maintenance training, development and production of operations and maintenance manuals, and sustainment to include repair parts and OEM depot level repair for up to five years. The contract’s minimum quantity is anticipated to be 12 ea and the contract’s maximum quantity is 3,000 ea. Anticipated delivery is 50-100 per month. The Government anticipates a Request for Proposal NLT 30 November 2004, with estimated proposal due date of 14 January 2005. The Government may award single or multiple contracts. The government reserves the right to select multiple offerors, a single offeor, or no offeror for award. Proposals may be selected and/or award decisions made without discussions or negotiations. Offerors will be required to submit two (2) each production ready samples to be timely submitted with their proposal at no charge to the Government. This synopsis does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposals, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government to issue an order or otherwise pay for the information solicited. Contact Kathleen Henderson @ 813-828-4767, [email protected] if you have any questions concerning this information.