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

13 -- ADVANCED X-RAY INSPECTION, ASSEMBLY AND PACKING OF 81MM MORTAR ROUNDS SOL DAAE30-98-R-0302 DUE 120498 POC Louis Sylvain, Contracting Officer (973)724-3965 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/111619983/111619983.htm. E-MAIL: Pamela Shauger, pshauger@pica.army.mil. The Office of the ProductManager for Mortars is seeking sources to perform x-ray inspection, assembly and packaging of 81mm mortar ammunition with Composition B High Explosive. There are approximately 65,000 rounds that require inspection. Approximately one third of them are assembled with fuze and propulsion system. The inspection system must be able to reliably screen out rounds with defects such as cavities in the explosive with a projected length of 1/32 inch; base separation between explosive and interior surface of the shell body of 0.015 inch; and cracks in the shell body. The unassembled bodies that pass inspection will then need to be assembled and packed into complete rounds. The assembled rounds have a hazard classification of 1.1. Information is requested on advanced x-ray inspection equipment that can reliably screen out rounds that do not meet the stringent defect criteria. Information on conventional wet plate x-ray equipment is already available and not required for this market survey. Include a description of the advanced x-ray system and the anticipated rate (hours/day) of inspection. Explain whether or not the inspection system can also check for the presence of energetic components (eg. propellant) in the assembled round. Identify if the company is a large or small business and state whether or not the facility can safety accommodate this amount of explosive material during the inspection, assembly and packing operations. Your submission should include your organization's name, address, point of contact, phone number and a list of prior contract references with phone numbers. Responses should be sent to Louis Sylvain, at no cost to the Government, within fifteen days of this publication. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR PROPOSAL PURPOSES. Posted 11/16/98 (D-SN271687). (0320)

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