U.S. ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE AND ARMAMENTS COMMAND, ACQUISITION CENTER (AMSTA-AQ-DS), WARREN, MI 48397-5000

23 -- BRIDGE TRANSPORT POC POC: MARY REHM (810) 574-8565 BRIDGE TRANSPORTER AND ADAPTER PALLET PRODUCTION. THE U.S. ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE AND ARMAMENTS COMMAND (TACOM) IS CONDUCTING A MARKET SURVEY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS ON A FULLY COMPETITIVE FIRM-FIXED PRICE CONTRACT: PROVIDE AND INSTALL FULLY HYDRAULIC LOAD HANDLING SYSTEMS (LHS) ONTO GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT (GFE) M977 HEAVY EXPANDED MOBILITY TACTICAL TRUCK (HEMTT) CHASSIS (HEREIN REFERRED TO AS COMMON BRIDGE TRANSPORTER (CBT); AND PROVIDE BRIDGE ADAPTER PALLETS (BAP) CAPABLE OF INTERFACING WITH THE CBT AND PROVIDING THE CBT WITH THE CAPABILITY TO LAUNCH, RETRIEVE, AND TRANSPORT THE US ARMY RIBBON BRIDGE INTERIOR BAY AND RAMP BAY. THE CBT SHALL BE CAPABLE OF INTERFACING WITH FLATRACKS WHICH CONFORM TO THE NATO STANDARDIZATION AGREEMENT (STANAG24 13), AS WELL AS BE CAPBLE OF TRANSFERRING FLATRACKS AND BAP'S, WITH PAYLOAD, TO AND FROM THE M1076 PLS TRAILER. THE BAP SHALL BE CAPABLE OF BEING LOADED, UNLOADED AND TRANSPORTED BY THE M1074 AND M1075 PLS TRUCK. SEE CBT WEB SITE OF FURTHER INFORMATION: HTTP://WWW.TACOM.ARMY.MIL/DSA/PM_HTV/CBT/CBT_PROGRAMS. HTML. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS; POTENTIAL SUPPLIERS ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE CURRENT PRODUCT LINE CAPABILITIES AND PRODUCT DESCRIPTION RESPONSES TO: COMMANDER, TACOM, ATTN: AMSTA-DSA-HT, C/O BRIDGE TRANSPORTER MARKET SURVEY, WARREN, MI 48397-5000, FAX NO. (810) 574-7659. FIRMS WHO RESPOND TO THIS SURVEY WILL BE SENT A QUESTIONNAIRE TO FILL OUT AND RETURN. THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING FOR FIRMS WITH PAST EXPERIENCE IN MANUFACTURING THESE TYPES OF ITEMS. RESPONSES MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE CLOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE SUPPLIED AT NO COST TO THE GOVERNMENT. SEE NOTE: N/A. ALL RESPO NSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT AN OFFER WHICH WILL BE CONSID ERED. (0325)

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