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13 -- M831A1 120MM TARGET PRACTICE-TRACER (TP-T), M865 120MM TARGET PRACTICE DISCARDING SABOT CONE SOL DAAA0998R0055 POC Contract Specialist: Randy Slusser (309)782-7954, Contracting Officer: Amy Hayden Special attention must be given when addressing requests for solicitations and bids/offers. Failure to properly address requests for solicitations in accordance with this CBD notice will result in non-receipt of the solicitation package. Failure to properly address bids/offers in accordance to solicitation instructions may result in a late bid which cannot be considered. Electronic requests for solicitation packages are accepted. Requests for solicitation should include your commercial and government entity (CAGE, a CAGE code has been assigned to you) along with your name, address, data fax number, and solicitation number. Information can also be obtained through the Automated Acquisition Information System (AAIS) -- Selling to IOC -- on the Internet at website http://www4.ioc.army.mil/scripts/padds_web/open3.asp. All IOC solicitations are available for viewing/downloading, in addition to procurement history, via the AAIS. Prospective customers may access the IOC Home Page at http://www-ioc.army.mil/. All current and future users of AAIS are encouraged to access the system using the Internet. Issue Date: (Estimated): 14 September 1998, Bid Opening Date (estimated): 30 November 1998. NSN(S): 1315-01-369-6612-C784 (M831A1) & 1315-01-288-5545-C785 (M865) Quantity: Approximately 300,000 per year, for each year 1999-2003. Part Number: 12953554 (M831A1) and 12900347 (M865). These items are end items. Option per-cent (%): Up to 10% for each year, 2000-2003. Remarks: (1): This procurement is restricted to the following contractors per 10 USC 2304: Alliant Techsystems, Incorporated, 600 Second Street NE, Hopkins, Minnesota 55343-8384, Primex Technologies, Inc., Ordnance and Technical Systems Division, 10101 Ninth Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716. Remarks (2): This is a planned to be a five year multi-year procurement, FY1999-FY2003. Published for subcontracting purposes only. Offers from concerns other than the above are not solicited. (0111)

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