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

13 -- AMMUNITION & EXPLOSIVES, HE MELT-POUR LOADING OF 81MM MORTAR BODIES SOL 0 DUE 072397 POC Linda Messineo, 201-724-6633 or Louis Sylvain, Contracting Officer, 201-724-3965 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Henry T. Rand, Jr., rrand@pica.army.mil. Market survey/Sources sought to conduct explosive melt-pour of Composition B explosives into M821A1/M889A1 81mm Mortar projectiles at a minimum rate of 1,500 projectiles per 10-hour shift. Cababilities are required to develop a process to melt-pour these projectiles and demonstrate this rate. The process must produce items with less than 0.04 percent cast defects as inspected by x-ray and sectioning. Each steel 81mm projectile contains approximately 2 lbs. of Composition B explosive. This is not a solicitation notice. This request is for informational literature only at no cost to the the U.S. Army. Please provide responses by 23 July 1997, with details of process and equipment capabilities and facility explosive limits to: Commander, U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, ATTN: AMSTA-AR-FSA-M (H. Rand, Jr.), Bldg. 61-S, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, phone (201)724-5442. See Numbered Note 25 in Monday's edition of the CBD for the required information/response. (0183)

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