US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PCW-D, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

13 -- ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION FACILITIES TO PRODUCE CALIBER .50 SABOTED LIGHT ARMOR PENETRATING (SLAP) AMMUNITION POC Bella M. Iwanicki, Contract Specialist, email=iwanicki; Michael W. O'Connell, Contracting Officer. The United States Government is seeking Engineering and Production facilities to produce Caliber .50 Saboted Light Armor Penetrating (SLAP) ammunition. The rounds manufactured shall meet the following requirements: - Shall not require any special firing device/pyrotechnics and shall be able to function in the Caliber .50 M2 machine gun without any modifications to the weapon. - Shall be safe to use, and present no unacceptable hazard to the soldier. - Shall meet all requirements per MIL-C-70633C. Proposer must provide evidance of: - Familiarity with design and process techniques for injection molded engineered plastic parts and the relationships between process controls and molded part performance. - Knowledge of design and manufacturing technology in saboted small caliber ammunition. The Government's intent is to procure a base buy of approximately 100,000 rounds of SLAP ammunition. Interested producers of .50 caliber ammunition are requested to submit capabilities statements to U.S. Army ARDEC, ATTN: AMSTA-AR-PCW-D, Bella M. Iwanicki, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. Inquiries must be in writing. No solicitation will be issued as a result of this market survey which is for informational purposes only. (0256)

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