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

95 -- METAL INJECTION MOLDING OF FINS FOR THE 120MM M829E3 CARTRIDGE SOL DAAE30-98-R-0607 DUE 062298 POC Louis Mondello, Jr. Contracting Officer (973) 724-3104 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Teresa Leap, tleap@pica.army.mil. On behalf of the Program Manager -- Tank Main Armament Systems (PM-TMAS), the US Army Tank-automotive and Armament Command; Armament, Research, Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC0 intends to solicit for Metal Injection Molding (MIM) of fins for the M829E3 APFSDS-T Cartridge made of 17-4 stainless steel in accordance with Government provided drawings. The current generation of Kinetic Energy (KE) tank ammunition uses an aluminum alloy fin to provide stability during flight. SInce the fin must pass through an igniting propellant bed and because of frictional heat during flight, the fins must be hard coat anodized to survive this environment. It is believed that future generations of tank ammo will necessitate a change in fin material from low melting point aluminum to a medium strength, higher melting point materail such as steel. The contractual effort will be broken three distinct taks; definition of MIM processing parameters, MIM processing optimization and a limited rate production estimated at 230 fins. ACQUISITION STREAMLINING PROCEDURES will include posting the Request For Proposal (RFP) on ARDEC's "PROCNet" website located at http://procnet. pica.army.mil ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CONSIDERATIONS include the intent, insofar as practicable, of conducting this acquisition electronically, with a minimum of actual paper. However, in the event paper submissions become unavoidable, submit to: Ms. Teresa Leap, US Army TACOM-ARDEC, Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AR-PC-F, Bldg. 9, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. The small business size standard for this acquisition is: SIC Code 3443, No. of employees: 500. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business. See numbered Notes 1 and 26. (0138)

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