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

K -- M249 SQUAD AUTOMATIC WEAPON (SAW) OPERATING ROD SOL DAAE30-00-Q-0400 DUE 102299 POC Anna Yim, Contract Specialist,(973)724-4674 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/00Q0400/00Q0400.htm. E-MAIL: Anna Yim, ayim@pica.army.mil. The US Army TACOM-ARDEC at Picatinny Arsenal intends to enter into a Sole Source Purchase Order with FN Manufacturing,INC. (FNMI), Columbus, SC for the design and build of prototype operating rod assemblies for the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. The contractor shall also examine the feasibility of replacing the welds with fasteners on the operating rod. Notes 22 and 26 apply. Posted 10/08/99 (D-SN390364). (0281)

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