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

R -- ASSEMBLE AND PACK OF 120MM MORTAR EXPLOSIVELY LOADED CARTRIDGES DUE 053097 POC Judith Yellen (201) 724-3434, Carol Klapal, Contracting Officer, (201) 724-3274 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Judith Yellen, jyellen@pica.army.mil. SOURCES SOUGHT for assembly and packaging of 120mm mortar cartridges. All major components will be provided by the Government. Major components to be assembled include a threaded steel shell body containing approximately 6.5 lbs of Composition B high explosive, a threaded aluminum tail-fin assembly, a threaded steel fuze adapter, a threaded fuze, a threaded ignition cartridge containing approximately 68 grams of propellant, four propelling charges each containing approximately 130 grams of propellant in felted fiber increment containers, and a polycarbonate obturating ring. Assembled cartridges must be marked and packaged in a fiber container and a steel overpack container. Facilities must be capable of delivering packaged cartridges at a rate of 10,000 per month. This request is for informational literature only at no cost to the U.S. Army. Please provide responses by May 30, 1997 with details of past assembly and packaging experience, equipment capabilities, and facility explosive limits to Commander, U.S. Army, TACOM-ARDEC, ATTN: AMSTA- AR-FSA-M (Henry Rand Jr.), Bldg. 61S, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. 07806-5000, phone (201) 724-5442. See numbered Note 25. (0133)

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