Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Code 1162 Bldg 2521, 300 Highway 361, Crane, Indiana 47522-5001

13 -- AMMUNITION & EXPOSIVES SOL N00164-99-R-0144 DUE 090899 POC Mr. John Pfender, Code 1162, telephone 812-854-5198, fax 812-854-5095, e-mail quillen_h@crane.navy.mil WEB: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Divison's homepage, www.crane.navy.mil. The Government intends to procure on a sole source basis, test data and safety-related documentation for a 40mm pre-fragmented, programmable, high explosive (PP-HE) round of ammunition. The procurement will be negotiated RFP with Nordic Ammunition Company (NAMMO). The required test data will be derived from testing 40mm PP-HE rounds. The 40mm PP-HE must comply with U.S. Navy, Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) requirements and the U.S. Navy's Insensitive Munitions (IM) program. It must function in the Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher (ALGL). The fuse must be programmable for air bursting from 100 meters to 1800 meters and have the same ballistic characteristics as NATO standard 40mm rounds. The programmable HE ammunition will detonate and distribute fragments in a 100 square meter area to the rear of the point burst. The fragments must penetrate a 1.5mm plate of St37 mild steel, at a distance of 3 meters from the point of burst, with a fragment density of 4 penetrations per square meter with 95% coverage. Also, the fragments must penetrate 1.5mm of St37 mild steel, at a distance of 5 meters from the point of burst, with a fragment density of 1.5 penetrations per square meter with 70% coverage. The test data shall include results of a hydrozoic acid test for the programmable fuse, any contractor test data to date and documentation including the Fault Tree Analysis for the 40mm PP-HE fuse. It is contemplated that the contract will be issued on a FOB Destination basis. Deliveries will be required by 29 January 2000. Numbered Note 22 applies. Numbered Note 26 applies. The test data is being sole sourced under the Foreign Comparative Test (FCT) program in accordance with Defense Acquisition Regulation supplement (DFARS) 206.302-1(b)). All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. Requests for copies of the solicitation shall be in writing via facsimile at (812) 854-5095 or via e-mail request to pfender_j@crane.navy.mil. Posted 07/16/99 (W-SN355532). (0197)

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