Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Design New Lacquer Preparation Facility for RDx and HMx Production at Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HSAAP)
Deadline: 14 Aug 2025
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 123686390
Document Ref. No.: W911S226RA003
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Description
The existing Lacquer Preparation Facility at Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Kingsport, TN, comprising ofBuildings 149/150 and a chemical/solvent storage tank farm, is the only facility capable of producing lacquer batches forthe production of all plastic bonded explosives (PBx). The facility receives, stores, handles, and processes the bindermaterials and solvents in manufacturing the lacquer in explosives production. Mobile wagons are used to transfer lacquerfrom the facility to the explosives production buildings. Lacquer is a mixture of dissolved rubbery polymer materials in asolvent that is used as a binding agent in reducing the sensitivity of RDx, HMx, and TATB based explosives formulations.A plasticizer instead of lacquer may also be prepared in the facility to be used as a feedstock raw material in formulatingRDx based explosives. The Lacquer Facility supports legacy explosives and the new Insensitive Munitions (IM) explosivesbeing developed at HSAAP.This effort will require Architect-Engineering (A-E) design services for a new Lacquer PreparationFacility with all the necessary process equipment to support annual production capacity expansion with a minimum of 15Mlbs of RDx and 2.5M lbs of HMx based formulations. This will ensure continuity of operations in maintaining the productioncapability, quality, safety, and environmental requirements to meet modern standards and permits. This new facility willsupport the expansion modernization of HSAAP RDx, HMx, and IMx production capacity to provide a viable capability tomeet current/future DoD explosives production.
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : W911S226RA003
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : DEPT OF DEFENSE
Sub-tier : DEPT OF THE ARMY
Major Command : AMC
Sub Command : ACC
Sub Command 2 : MISSION INSTALLATION CONTRACTING COMMAND
Sub Command 3 : 419TH CSB
Office : W6QM MICC-FT DRUM
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)
Original Published Date: Jul 30, 2025 02:53 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Aug 14, 2025 03:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: Manual
Original Inactive Date: Jul 30, 2026
Initiative: None
Classification
Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code: C1EA - ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING- CONSTRUCTION: AMMUNITION FACILITIES
NAICS Code: 541330 - Engineering Services
Place of Performance: Holston Army Ammunition Plant, 4509 W Stone Dr, Kingsport, TN 37660
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