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

B -- SYSTEM TECHNICAL SUPPORT (STS) FOR PRODUCTION OF M919 APFSDS-T 25MM CARTRIDGE SOL DAAE30-97-R-0425 DUE 092597 POC George M. Chavis, Contract Specialist, AMSTA-AR-PC-D, (201) 724-4496 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: George M. Chavis, gchavis@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, requires engineering System Technical Support (STS) to support the production of the M919 Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot with Tracer (APFSDS-T) 25mm Cartridge. The engineering technical services required include process and product improvement analysis, failure analysis, manufacture and ballistic testing. A thorough knowledge of all the detailed intricacies of the current M919 design, manufacture and function is also required. The M919 uses a low-level radioactive penetrator (Depleted Uranium) and is manufactured in accordance with a top-level drawing and performance specification, unique to a PRiMEX Technologies, Inc., M919 design. The government intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed price contract to PRiMEX Technologies, Inc., Marion, Illinois. Interested sources (for subcontracting opportunities or otherwise) must possess a valid license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). See Note 22. (0254)

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