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

A -- NON SELF-DESTRUCT ALTERNATIVES TO ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINE ALTERNATIVES SOL DAAE30-00-R-0108 DUE 033000 POC Paul Milenkowic, Contracting Officer (973) 724-5391 or Dianna McGinley, Contract Specialist (973) 724-4423 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/00R0108/00R0108.htm. E-MAIL: Paul Milenkowic, pmilen@pica.army.mil. Based upon the results of Prototype Testing conducted and the concepts presented under the Program Definition and Risk Reduction (PDRR) phase of Contracts DAAE30-99-C-1010 with Alliant Techsystems and DAAE30-99-C-1011 with Textron for Non Self-Destruct Alternatives (NSD-A) to Anti-Personnel Landmine Alternatives (APL-A), the Govenment is staffing a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole source to solicit and award a contract for a joint contractor solution for Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD). In addition, the J&A addresses sole source production for this joint contractor effort with Alliant Techsystems, Hopkins, MN and Textron Systems, Wilmington, MA in FY02 through FY05 for up to 532,000 munition systems. Rationale cited in the J&A is duplication costs to the Government and given that only Alliant and Textron can meet the required delivery and fielding schedule for the program. See Notes 22 and 26. Posted 02/29/00 (D-SN429475). (0060)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0005 20000302\A-0005.SOL)