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13 -- 84MM AMMUNITION FOR MULTI-ROLE ANTI-ARMOR ANTI-PERSONNEL WEAPON SYSTEM SOL DAAE30-97-R-0103 DUE 061397 POC Paul Milenkowic, Contracting Officer, (201) 724-5391 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Christine Bernosky, cbernos@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC currently has a requirement for 84mm ammunition in support of Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapons System (MAAWS). The ammunition required under this effort must be fully compatible with both the currently fielded RAAWS and MAAWS weapons. The types of ammunition described below must provide armored vehicle denial and penetration, earth and timber bunker incapacitation, and hardened facility penetration. In addition, the ammunition must provide personnel denial in open, defilade, or soft/wood frame structures and soft target destruction. The rounds to be procured (including maximum quantities) are: 84mm High Explosive Dual Purpose Round w/ Insensitive Munition (HEDP 502 IM -- max quantity of 7,300); 84mm High Explosive Round w/ Insensitive Munition (HE 441C IM -- max quantity of 7,250); and Area Deterrent Munition (ADM -- max quantity of 7,400). All rounds must be completely compatible with the Bofors M3 Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle, a shoulder-fired lightweight, reusable, one-man portable system. The rounds must be capable of being rigged for airborne and submersible operations in accordance with existing service procedures. The rounds must be sufficiently rigged to remain safe, operational, and effective following exposure to the rigors normally associated with military operations, including air delivery and salt water submersion. Fully developed rounds are desired, developmental effort not to exceed 24 months to delivery of production configuration is acceptable. All rounds must meet U.S. safety and performance requirements. TACOM-ARDEC intends to satisfy the requirement for the above types and quantities of ammunition through a contract action with Bofors, Karlskoga, Sweden. The rounds will be acquired in a basic contract with four option years. TACOM-ARDEC contemplates this contract action based on Other Than Full and Open Competition based on the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source, as the agency's minimum needs can only be satisfied by the unique supplies available from Bofors. See Numbered Note 22. (0147)

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