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

13 -- PAP7993 SINGLE BASED GRANULAR PROPELLANT SOL DAAE30-99-R-0553 DUE 061599 POC John M. Eilenberger Jr., Contracting Officer, 973-724-5522 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/052519990/052519990.htm. E-MAIL: John M. Eilenberger Jr., jeilen@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources to manufacture PAP7993 single based granular propellant for use in the XM231 MACS propelling charge increments for the 155mm Modular Artillery Charge System(MACS). The XM231 charge is scheduled to be type classified at the end of FY99. This effort will support the initial production of XM231 charge scheduled in FY00. The 155MM MACS is a two-increment charge system that will provide enhanced performance for 155MM artillery. It is intended to award a contract with one option as follows: Basic Contract Two production lots for a total quantity of about one million four hundred thousand (1,400,000) pounds. The lots will be 7-perforated cylindrical granular propellant. The web size of the propellant will be between the range of 0.018 to 0.025 inches. The absolute density will be in the range 1.5-1.8g/cc. Option Two production lots for a total quantity f between one million (1,000,000) and two million (2,000,000) pounds withsame parameters described above. Potential deliveries of the PAP7993 propellant are as follows: Basic Contract FY00 1,400,000 pounds -- 150 days after award of contract; Option -- FY01 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 pounds -- 150 days after exercise of option. The contractor should have applicable experience in efforts of similar production quantities: a large annual production capacity of single based propellant and storage capacity. Firms with experience in the areas cited above should provide via email a summary of their company's capabilities including a description of facilities, personnel and past experience to meet this requirement. This market survey is for information planning purposes only, does not constitute an RFP, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. See numbered Note 25. Posted 05/25/99 (D-SN335460). (0145)

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