Ballistics/Non-Ballistics Testing Solicitation

The Department of the Army, via the Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (W6QK ACC-APG), has issued solicitation W91CRB24R0024 for ballistic and non-ballistic testing of personal protective equipment. This non-personal services contract supports an ongoing program to evaluate equipment designed to protect Soldiers against a wide range of threats, including handgun and rifle ammunition, right circular cylinders, and fragment simulating projectiles. Testing must be performed under various environmental conditions and across six specific commodity categories: head protection, soft armor, hard armor, non-ballistic, environmental, and mechanical.

All testing services are required to follow U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center Internal Operating Procedures. Work will primarily be conducted at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. This requirement is classified under NAICS code 541380, Testing Laboratories and Services, and PSC code H984, Other Quality Control, Test, and Inspection of Clothing, Individual Equipment, and Insignia.

The response deadline for this solicitation is February 17, 2025. The notice includes seven attachments, such as a Performance Work Statement, a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, a Price List, and a CDRL Portfolio. Noah Lane serves as the primary point of contact for this notice. All inquiries regarding the solicitation were requested by January 10, 2024, to the attention of Contract Specialist Sherri Martinez and Contracting Officer Todd Strasavich.