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13 -- L96 ANTI-RIOT GRENADE AND L97 PRACTICE ANTI-RIOT GRENADE DUE 021699 POC Henry St. Pierre, 410-436-5527, Fax 410-436-4780, Product Manager Smoke/Obscurants, APG, MD E-MAIL: hjstpier@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil, hjstpier@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil. L96 Anti-Riot Grenade and L-97 Practice Anti-Riot Grenade. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) on 25 Nov 98 for the L96 & L97 Grenade production contract. The tender return date is 16 Feb 99. The contract will be via full and open competition using a government provided technical data package. The contract is for 3,400 L96 grenades and 20,900 L97 grenades. There is also a contract option for the US Government to purchase 12,000 L96 grenades and 12,000 L97 grenades. The ITT was sent to the following companies: Propellex, Edwardsville, IL, USA; Combined Systems, Plainview, NY, USA; Defense Technology Corp, Casper, WY, USA; MP Labs, Blairsville, PA, USA; Alloy Surfaces, Chester Township, PA, USA; Paines-Wessex, Salisbury, UK; Silberhutte Pyrotechnik, Silberhutte, Germany; Mechem Consultants, Silverton, South Africa. 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. Posted 12/08/98 (W-SN278197). (0342)

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