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13 -- APPLIQUE REACTIVE ARMOR TILES, BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE SYSTEM SOL DAAE30-97-R-0403 DUE 101597 POC George M. Chavis, Contract Specialist, (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, NJ, has a requirement for Appliqu Reactive Armor Tiles for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle System (BFVS). The Reactive Armor Tiles must be capable of protecting the BFVS against anti-tank guided missile class threats, and must not be vulnerable to burning or detonation from small arms fire. The Reactive Armor Tiles must also meet BFVS weight constraints (the armor and mounting hardware cannot add more than 5,800 lbs. to the vehicle), and must fit the armor attachment provisions currently in place on the BFVS. The proposed contract will be a firm-fixed-price contract for one hundred four (104) vehicle sets of Reactive Armor Tiles. A "vehicle set" consists of twenty-six (26) M3A1 tiles, nine (9) M4A1 tiles, 55 M5A1 tiles, seven (7) M6A1 tiles and eight M7A1 tiles. The tiles will be built to a performance specification which has been classified SECRET; all respondents to this request for proposal (RFP) must have a minimum SECRET clearance in order to gain access to this information. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC seeks responses from all responsible sources. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC intends to issue a sole-source award to General Dynamics Ordnance Systems, Burlington, Vermont. See Numbered Note 22. (0268)

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