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13 -- SEMIAUTOMATIC ARTILLERY LOADER TO SUPPORT THE CRUSADER PROGRAM SOL DAAE30-96-R-0051 DUE 040896 POC Dorothy K. Simpson, Contract Specialist, 201-724-4260, email=dsimpson, John M. Eilenberger, Contracting Officer, 201-724-5522. The U.S. Army contemplates purchasing one hydraulically powered, electronically controlled, flick ramming semiautomatic artillery loader, model HMS. It is anticipated that a sole source award will be made to Intertechnik, G.m.b.H., Industriezeile 56, Postfach 100, A-4040 Linz, Austria pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source. Recent evaluations of U.S. and foreign manufactured semiautomatic loaders have demonstrated the the Iintertechnik Model HMS loader is the most suitable device to satisfy the U.S. Army's requirements. Information regarding this action can be accessed electronically at http://procnet.pica.army.mil. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0051)

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