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

A -- 40 MILLIMETER NON-LETHAL CROWD CONTROL CARTRIDGES SOL DAAE30-98-R-0515 DUE 032398 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 complete cartridge using commerically produced projectile assemblies and high/low adapters. Funding for this effort is subject to availability of funds. Option quantities up to 1 million total rounds is being comtemplated for this acquisition. The Government may award any resulting contract to other than the lowest priced offeror, without discussions or other than the offeror with the highest technical rating. Government reserves the right to make either not award or one or more awards. Offeror will be provided drawings for applicable manufacturing specifications. Any responsible/interested source can access a copy of the applicable documentation under Solicitation DAAE30-98-R-0515 after this notices closing date of 23 March 1998, via http://procnet.pica.army.mil or request a copy via internet address. (0070)

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