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

13 -- ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH RATE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE BRIDGEWIRED ENERGETIC COMPONENTS SOL DAAE30-98-R-0525 DUE 072798 POC Robert C. Wisser, Contracting Officer, 973-724-4108 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Robert C. Wisser, rwisser@pica.army.mil. TACOM-ARDEC is issuing a solicitation, restricted to US and Canadian firms, for establishment of a capability to produce bridgewired (electrically initiated) energetic components efficiently at high rates. This includes both primary explosive devices such as the M100 electric micro-detonator, as well as actuating devices such as minature piston and bellows actuators. The high rate capability is also required for pyrotechnic delay detonators and stab/flash/percussion -- initiated detonators. The contractor will be required to establish a production capability that can produce these components at a high rate and at a competitive price. The contractor will be required to demonstrate that it has successfully established the capability to be producing a number of components at a specified rate. The Government is seeking to co-invest with the contractor to establish this capability. To obtain copies of the drawing packages for the various components, interested parties must provide a copy of their approved DD Form 2345 to U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, Attn: AMSTA-AR-PC-E/Bldg 10, B. Wisser, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. Copies of the solicitation will be available for downloading from the World Wide Web at the following address: "http://procnet.pica.army.mil". See numbered notes 8, 13, and 26. (0161)

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