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

13 -- NON-LETHAL 40MM DUE 032999 POC Bonnie Holland, Contract Specialist, 973-724-2005 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/022519990/022519990.htm. E-MAIL: Bonnie G. Holland, bholland@pica.army.mil. U.S. Army ARDEC is seeking information and potential sources to procure a limited quantity of off the shelf non-developmental cartridges for test and evaluation. The U.S. Army has a need for a non-lethal 40mm crowd dispersal cartridge with the following characteristics: 1) Compatible with the 40mm M203 grenade launcher attached to the M16A2 or M4 series of rifles with on changes to the standard operating procedures associated with loading, firing,and unloading the cartridge. 2) Compatible with standard rifle and/or grenade launcher sights. 3) Shall demonstrate a .90 probability of hitting 4 of 5 standing E-type silhouette targets standing shoulder to shoulder at a range of 30 meters (threshold), 20 meters (objective). A minimum of seventy five (75) percent of the total number of submunitions shall hit the target containing the sive silhouettes. 4) No black powder propellant. 5) No residue from firing deposited in barrel to the detriment of subsequent weapon firing/function. 6) Effective non-lethal incapacitation out to a minimum range of 15 meters and maximum range of 30 meters (threshold)and a minimum range of 10 meters and maximum range of 50 meters(objective). 7) Operational in climatic conditions from 0 to 125 degrees Fahrenheit. 8) Capable of storage in climatic conditions of -46 to 160 degrees Fahrenheit. 9) Shall be non-explosive and non-fragmenting upon target impact. 10) Have a functional reliability greater than 95 percent at temperatures between 0 and 125 degrees Fahrenheit. Interested firms should submit literature/brochures describing the technical capabilities of their candidate cartridge in response to the aforementioned criteria. Responses should be submitted through the U.S. Army ARDEC, ATTN:AMSTA-AR-PC-D, Bonnie Holland, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000. This is a Market Survey, not a pre-solicitation notice. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later later date, a solicitation notice will be published. Respondents should submit their qualification data within 30 days from the date of this publication. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government reserves the right to reject, in shole or in part any private sector input as a result of this market survey. Telephone requests are not acceptable. Posted 02/25/99 (D-SN302194). (0056)

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