U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000

13 -- XM982 EXTENDED RANGE 155MM ARTILLERY PROJECTILE ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT WITH LOW RATE PRODUCTION OPTIONS SOL DAAE30-97-R-0053 DUE 071497 POC Dave Banashefski, Contracting Officer <dbanashefski@pica.army.mil> (201) 724-4113, Timothy Jensen, Contract Specialist, <tjensen@pica.army.mil>, (201) 724-4196, or Phillip Holman, Contract Specialist, <pholman@pica.army.mil> (201) 724-2024. WEB: click here to download a copy of the RFP, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/rfp/97r0053/97r0053.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting officer via e-mai;l, dbanashefski@pica.army.mil. XM982 EXTENDED RANGE 155MM ARTILLERY PROJECTILE ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT WITH LOW RATE PRODUCTION OPTIONS POC Dave Banashefski <dbanshefski@pica.army.mil> Contracting Officer 201-724-4113, Timothy Jensen <tjensen@pica.army.mil> Contract Specialist 201-724-4196 or Phillip Holman <pholman@pica.army.mil> Contract Specialist 201-724-2024. On behalf of Program Manager-SADARM, the US Army Tank-automotive and Armament Command, Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TACOM/ARDEC) seeks qualified sources to perform a fifty-seven month Engineering & Manufacturing Development (E&MD) effort for the DPICM ER projectile. This effort also includes options for E&MD & LRP efforts for DPICM SLS, SADARM XM982 projectile, and a Unitary XM982 projectile. Contingent upon meeting established security requirements, industry of the following countries have been determined eligible to participate in the XM982 program: France, Germany, and United Kingdom. Foreign industry desiring copies of the RFP which are identified in this announcement as eligible will submit an official request through their embassy to HQ DA (DAMI-POC), Washington, DC 20310-1001. ACQUISITION STREAMLINING PROCEDURES will include posting of a formal Requests For Proposal (RFP) DAAE30-97-R-0053 on ARDEC's "PROCNET" website located at http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/rfp/97r0053/97r0053.htm. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CONSIDERATIONS include the intent, insofar as practicable, of conducting this acquisition electronically, with minimum actual paper. However, in the event paper submissions are requested or become unavoidable, submit to: Mr. Timothy Jensen, US Army TACOM/ARDEC, Attn: AMSTA-AR-PC-A Bldg.10, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. (0147)

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