US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

13 -- NDI AMMO FOR MK19 GRENADE MACHINE GUN FOR TEST AND EVALUATION DUE 052797 POC Larry Franz, Contract Specialist, 201 724-4894 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Lawrence F. Franz, lfranz@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army ARDEC is seeking information and potential sources to procure a limited quantity of off the shelf, non-developmental ammunition for test and evaluation. There is potential for adoption and production for armed services use. The ammunition is desired for use in the MK19 Grenade Machine Gun. The long term objective is to Type Classify and field a low cost training round for the MK19 Grenade Machine Gun with the following characteristics: visible signature upon impact out to a minimum of 1600m; no arming mechanism/no explosive or incendiary mixtures, capable of functioning the MK19 GMG (the ammunition shall be capable of providing sufficient energy to pull and feed the equivalent of a twenty eight round belt of combat ammunition(M430) without a weapon stoppage), ballistic match and comparable accuracy with the M430 ammunition, and manufactured at a lower cost than the current training ammunition. Interested firms should submit literature/brochures not exceeding 10 pages describing the technical capabilities of their candidate cartridges in response to the aforementioned criteria. This is only a Market Survey, not a pre solicitation notice. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a pre-solicitation notice will be published. Respondents should submit their qualification data within 30 days from the date of this publication. All information is to be submnitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. Telephone requests are not acceptable. E-maill submittals are preferrred. (0114)

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