Commander, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180

63 -- BLAST MITIGATION PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS UTILIZING EXPLOSIVES DUE 022098 POC Sally Kleinman, 601-634-3902/631-7259 E-MAIL: contract specialist, kleinms@ex1.wes.army.mil. THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLL9W-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. NO TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED REQUESTING A BID PACKAGE OR SOLICITATION. THERE IS NO BID PACKAGE OR SOLICITATION! THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING WRITTEN IINFORMATION ONLY. IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY OF ANY FUTURE PROCUREMENT, IF ANY, THAT MAY ARISE FROM THIS MARKET SURVEY, INFORMATION REGARDING THE TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT WILL NOT BE GIVEN AND NO APPOINTMENTS FOR PRESENTATIONS WILL BE MADE. The U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) has been tasked to investigate blast mitigation products and technologies that provide protection (reduce casualties) from terrorist attacks utilizing explosives. Respondants should provide the following information about their products: Name/address of company, company point of contact with phone/fax number (email address if available), narrative description of the product or concept, installation requirements, performance characteristics, material properties, engineering properties, and projected cost. In the product narrative, WES is particularly interested in knowing how the product has been tested and against which threat environments the product is considered effective. It is requested that all proprietary information that is not to be disseminated in government documents be clearly identified. All information must be mailed to U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Attn: CEWES-CT-C (Ms Sally Kleinman, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. Deadline for receipt of information is 20 February 1998. (0028)

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