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13 -- LOAD, ASSEMBLE AND PACK FOR 155MM MODULAR ARTILLERY CHARGE SYSTEM SOL DAAE30-97-R-1016 DUE 020697 POC Contract Specialist, Sandy LaBell, Sandy LaBell, email=slabell@pica.army.mil, (201)724-4085; Contracting Officer, John M. Eilenberger, email=jeilen@pica.army.mil, (201)724-5522 (Site Code W15BW9) The contractor shall Load, Assemble and Pack (LAP) for the 155MM Modular Artillery Charge System (MACS) program. The 155MM MACS is a two increment charge system that will provide enhanced performance for 155MM artillery. Multiples of the increments, XM231 (Zone 1 & 2) and XM232 (Zone 3 thru 6) will satisfy all zoning requirements for 155MM artillery. The 155MM MACS increments will be capable of being handled by automatic loading/resupply equipment as well as manually, which allows MACS increments to be used with currently fielded howitzers and future planned artillery systems. The objective of this action is to procure nine thousand (9,000) XM231 incre ments and eighty-eight thousand five hundred (88,500) XM232 increments in support of the MACS Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase of the Crusader program. Contractor will perform a three (3) year effort which includes the basic contract with two options for the XM231 and XM232 propelling charge increments. Contractor will deliver an average of three thousand (3,000) propelling charge increments every month starting one hundred twenty (120) days after award of contract. The LAP of both the XM231 and XM232 MACS propelling charge increments which comprise each increment, then packing the increments in metal cans for shipment, and subsequent shipment to the required destinations. These operations involve the handling of energetic materials (Class 4.1C flammable solid -- to Class 1). Operations include the following: sewing, weighing, loading, gluing, labelling, packing and palletization. The contractor should have the fol lowing: a) experience in efforts of similar complexity, such as the LAP of of other munitions for applications 120MM and larger which incorporate rigid combustible cases, propellants and igniters. b) experience with respect to propellant handling/storage and other hazardous handling/storage. c) available on-site or near-site storage capacity to handle/store at least 500,000 pounds of energetic materials at one time. The MACS and its components are on The Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL), Oct 1992, as a critical element in section 12.2 for "Gun Propulsion" system. Therefore, the MACS Technical Data Package (TDP) is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C. Sec 2751) and is subject to DoD Directives 5230.24 and 5230.25. Drawings are make with limited distribution statement F which states: "Further dissemination only as directed by AMSTA-AR-WEE-B, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ or higher authority". MACS is a direct replacement for the 155MM Propellant Charges M203A1 and all current bag-type 155MM Propellant Charges which are on the Industrial Preparedness Planning List. Interested parties will be required to sign a certification indicating proper security safeguards to be issued by the Government at a later date. This solicitation will be available for downloading from the World Wide Web Electronic Commerce Home Page available at the following address: "http://procnet.pica.army.mil." (0028)

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