Design New Lacquer Preparation Facility for RDx and HMx Production at Holston Army... Tender

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.: 123686471

Document Ref. No.: W911S2126RA003

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 of Buildings 149/150 and a chemical/solvent storage tank farm, is the only facility capable of producing lacquer batches for the production of all plastic bonded explosives (PBx). The facility receives, stores, handles, and processes the binder materials and solvents in manufacturing the lacquer in explosives production. Mobile wagons are used to transfer lacquer from the facility to the explosives production buildings. Lacquer is a mixture of dissolved rubbery polymer materials in a solvent 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 formulating RDx based explosives. The Lacquer Facility supports legacy explosives and the new Insensitive Munitions (IM) explosives being developed at HSAAP.This effort will require Architect-Engineering (A-E) design services for a new Lacquer Preparation Facility with all the necessary process equipment to support annual production capacity expansion with a minimum of 15M lbs of RDx and 2.5M lbs of HMx based formulations. This will ensure continuity of operations in maintaining the production capability, quality, safety, and environmental requirements to meet modern standards and permits. This new facility will support the expansion modernization of HSAAP RDx, HMx, and IMx production capacity to provide a viable capability to meet current/future DoD explosives production.
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : W911S2126RA003
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 02:40 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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