Cdr, AMC Acquisition Center, CBD COM Branch, Attn: STEAA-CD-C, 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5423

13 -- L96 ANTI-RIOT GRENADE AND L97 PRACTICE ANTI-RIOT GRENADE POC Henry St. Pierre, 410-436-5527, Fax 410-436-4780 E-MAIL: hjstpier@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil, hjstpier@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil. Sources Sought -- L96 Anti-Riot Grenade and L-97 Practice Anti-Riot Grenade. A Pre-Proposal conference is scheduled for 15 October 98 at 9:00 a.m. in the CBDCOM Conference Center Seminar area, Aberdeen ProvingGround, Maryland. Interested Sources should submit an RSVP and obtain directions to this conference by responding to Henry St. Pierre at 410-436-5527 (Fax: 410-436-4780), or write to Product Manager, Smoke/Obscurants, Attn: AMSCB-PM-SMK (Mr. St. Pierre), 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5423. The United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defence plans to issue a solicitation for the production of 5,000 each L96's and 7,000 each L-97's. The L96 and L97 replace the standard UK L11 and L14 grenades, respectively. The L96 is filled with CS compound. The L97, a training version of the L96, uses a cinammic acid smoke fill to simulate CS. The US Army, PM Smoke/Obscurants, also plans to purchase 6,000 each of both the L96 and L97 as an option to the UK contract. The contract will be awarded by the UK using full and open competition and a government provided technical data package. Tenative contract award date is Jan 99. An alternate conference will be held on 23 October 98 at 1200 at CBD Porton Down, Salisbury, UK. POC for the UK conference is Mr. Phil Quantick, Phone: 011-44-1980-613305, Fax: 011-44-1980-613219. Posted 09/04/98 (W-SN246230). (0247)

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