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

13 -- EXPLOSIVE INITIATORS SOL DAAE30-99-R-0102 DUE 010899 POC Mrs. Karen Thompson, Contract Specialist, Area Code (973)724-3638 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/120719984/120719984.htm. E-MAIL: Karen Thompson, kthomps@pica.army.mil. NOTE: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ is interested in reviewing and evaluating commercially available explosive initiators or identifying offerors for the devlopment of an explosive initiator system to meet specific needs. This sources sought effort is to identify manufacturing sources for explosive initiators compatible with shock tube or any other non-electrical initiator system. The definition of "Shock Tube" is a plastic conduits of circular cross section, coated with a thin layer of energitic material on their inside walls which when activated transmits an explosive wave down the tube. The requirements of the initiator are as follows: 1. Must be at least as insensitive to unintended detonation by mechanical shock as Detonating Cord. Specifically, as insensitive as the Army's Detonating Cord, Types I & II defined in MIL-C-0017124. 2. Be operable from -35 degree Fahrenheit to +120 degree Fahrenheit after being subjected to storage temperatures of -60 degree Fahrenheit to +160 degree Fahrenheit. 3. Must be compatible with shock tube. 4. Must be compatible with any other non-electrical initiator system. 5. Must not detonate when a 25-pound bar with a diameter of 2 inches is dropped on it from a height of 16 feet. The initiator must be placed on a steel anvil for this test. Procedures used to determine non-detonation must be provided for approval. 6. Must initiate M700 Fuze, Blast Time. 7. Must initiate shock tube. It should be noted that this is not a Request for Proposal; the purpose of this sources sought notice is to sek commercial sources with existing hardware or the capabilities of integrating existing technology, hardware/system to meet the U.S. Army requirements. Any/all interested parties shall comply with Note 25 by COB 8 January 1999. See Note 25. Posted 12/07/98 (D-SN277791). (0341)

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