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

A -- PROPELLANT MANUFACTURING, PRODUCTION AND ENGINEERING SOL DAAE30-97-R-0803 DUE 061397 POC Marc McCloud, Contracting Officer, 201-724-3090 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Szymanski, mszyman@pica.army.mil. Services are requested for propellant manufacturing, production and engineering support at Radford Army Ammunition Plant. Proposed contract is a Time and Materials contract for a period of three (3) years. Specific task descriptions will be tailored to include, but not limited to manufacturing and production of small quantities of propellants or intermediate products (such as nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin and propellant paste) and engineering work to include Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T) projects, engineering studies, producibility investigations, design of facilities, maintenance of technical data packages, testing, loading, packaging, and quality assurance tasks. The US Army intends to solicit and negotiate with Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Radford, VA. This contract action is based on the authory of 10 USC 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies and services will satisfy agency requirements". This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Note 22. (0140)

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