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

A -- 40 MILLIMETER NONLETHAL CROWD CONTROL CARTRIDGES SOL DAAE30-98-R-0515 DUE 020698 POC Kevin J. Leondi, Contract Specialist (973) 724-4220 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Kevin J. Leondi, kleondi @pica.army.mil. The US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center is requesting qualified sources to submit complete proposals to competitively procure cartridge components for production of approximately 40,000 cartridges, 40 millimeter: Non lethal, XM1006 with no energetic materials being sought. Pine Bluff Arsenal will perform the loading, assembling and packing of the complete cartridge using commercially produced projectile assemblies and high/low adapters. Funding for this effort is subject to availability of funds. Multiple awards are possible. Option quantities are being comtemplated for this acquisition. The Government may award any resulting contract to other than the lowest priced offeror, or other than the offeror with the highest technical rating. Government reserves the right to make either no award or one or more awards. Any responsible/interested sources can access a copy of the applicable documentation, under Solicitation DAAE30-98-R-0515 no earlier than 6 Feb. 1998, via http://procnet.pica.army.mil. NO HARD COPIES OR REQUESTS for further information will be entertained. (See Notes 1, 26) (0009)

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