US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PCW-B, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal 07806-5000

13 -- SELECTABLE LIGHTWEIGHT ATTACK MUNITION (SLAM), M2; DEMOLITION AT TACK MUNITION (DAM) M3; TRAINING KIT, SELECTABLE LIGHTWEIGHT MUNITION, M299 SOL DAAE30-95-R-0048 DUE 040795 POC Karen Blide, Contract Specialist, 201-724-3638 EMAIL=kblide, Paul Milenkowic, Contracting Officer, 201-724-5391 EMAIL=pmilen. The U.S. Army ARDEC as a requirement to purchase in FY95 up to 5,000 each M2 SLAMs 800 each M3 DAMs and 10 each M299 Training Kits. Included in the solicitation will be options for FY96 quantities to support Army and Navy requirments totaling up to 9,500 each M2 SLAMs, 1774 each M3 DAMs and 37 each M299 Traning Kits. The M2, M3 and M299 must be manufactured in accordance with Government approved Technical Data Packages (TDPs). The manufacture of these items requires expertise in the following areas: (a) Electronics - Circuit card manufacture and assembly, flex circuitry assembly, custom IC assembly, surface mounted component assembly, assembly of electro-static discharge sensitive components, high reliability soldering in accordance with ANSI-J-STD-001 (with ARDEC supplement), assembly of electro-explosive devices (detonators and piston actuators). Expertise is also required in the acceptance testing and function testing of electronics both at the component and assembly levels. (b) Energetics - Manufacturing/pressing of energetic materials for the warhead and firing train, assembly/loading of energetic materials into the M2 and M3, and the military packaging of the end items. Capability must include experienced personnel, manufacturing methods and processes, and adequate facilities to conduct these operations. (c) Mechanical Manufacturing - Manufacturing of warhead liners for explosively-formed penetrators, cast and machined metal parts, and plastic parts. Fabrication of the unit pack requires expertise with glass, fiber-filled polyurethane. Experience is necessary in applying various chemical finishes in accordance with MIL-STD-171. The final assemblies require integration of mechanical and electronic parts into the laser welded housing. (d) Quality - Capability in the use of statistical quality control procedures, the design and fabrication of gages and test equipment, training of qualified personnel, and compliance with quality assurance requirements contained in the TDP. (e) Testing - Component First Article Test (FAT) and component Lot Acceptance Tests (LAT) are the responsibility of the contractor. Prospective contractors must have a complete understanding of the electronics function test requirements, explosive train and warhead performance test requirements, test equipment requirements, and sample size determination. Prospective contractors must posses a valid security clearance and storage capability of secret. Classified material in accordance with the security classification guide, Nov 91 for SLAM is not releasable to foreign nationals/contractors. Therefore such requests for the solicitation will not be honored. (0044)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0190 19950214\13-0001.SOL)