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

13 -- SHIPPING AND STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR XM97 WIDE AREA MUNITION (WAM) SOL DAAE30-98-R-0103 DUE 041098 POC REBECCA WISSER CONTRACTING OFFICER (973)724-3970 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: REBECCA WISSER, REMMONS@PICA.ARMY.MIL. The US Army TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal intends to acquire under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source, a requirement for the production of 1,824 Shipping and Storage Containers for use with the XM97 Wide Area Munition (WAM) Collective Training Device. The Government anticipates utilizing Conco, Inc., Louisville, KY., for this effort. The use of the above authority is based on the unacceptable delivery delays that would result from the acquisition of this requirement from other than this source. The Collective Trainer is a totally inert training device which will be used to "train" personnel in a collective environment on all the operations required to properly arm, emplace and deploy the tactical Hand Emplaced Wide Area Munition, XM93. All external colors, dimensions, weight, center of gravity, and materials of the Collective Trainer shall be representative of the Tactical HE-WAM. The Shipping and Storage Container is used for interplant shipping of the WAM during its production phase, and to its final destination. The shipping and storage container is cylindrical in shape with dimensions of 11x11x 22 inches. The material is steel. The solicitation contains information that has a military or space application. As a result, the drawings in support of the solicitation, can be obtained after submitting a completed AMSTA-AR Form 1350, Technical Data Request Questionnaire, and the DD Form 2345 Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, to the point of contact listed in this notice. The AMSTA-AR Form 1350 is available from the point of contact listed in this notice. Respondees who currently do not have a Department of Defense Certification/Registration Number, needed to complete the AMSTA-AR Form 1350, should reference numbered Note 8. The delivery requirements will include: 1 ea. sample Shipping and Storage Container to be delivered for review and approval prior to production, 12 weeks after award. The remaining specific delivery requirements are as follows: 499 units-18 weeks afteraward, 500 units-22 weeks after award, 500 units-26 weeks after award, 324 units-30 weeks after award. When issued, the solicitation, excluding drawings can be accessed at http://procnet.pica.army.mil. See numbered notes 8, 22 and 26. (0055)

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