LIGHT WEIGHT GROUND MOUNT The U.S. Army has a requirement to develop an improved lightweight tripod, traverse and elevation mechanism system capable of mounting both the M240B MMG and the M249 Light Machinegun. The Lightweight ground mount will reduce the weight and size burden of the M122 tripod but yet enable the Soldier to deliver a high degree of accurate fire from a stable base. The traversing and elevating mechanism permits controlled manipulation in both azimuth and elevation and makes it possible to engage predetermined targets during darkness or periods of reduced visibility. The Lightweight Ground Mount (LWGM) will contain the following performance features: (1) Range Card Capability w/mil fin adjustment and bold shift of fire (2) Stable design on all surfaces without ballast (3) Simplified/Integrated T&E: Reliable, smooth and allow rapid target adjustment (4) Foldable/Collapsible mechanism (5) RAM equal to or better than M122 (6) Lightweight: Threshold: 11 lbs. Objective: 9 lbs. (7) Quick Weapon Installa- tion, no brackets or adapters, (8) Durable (9) Ambidextrous (10) Night Vision compatible. The basic contract is to design,, manufacture, and test two (2)pro- totype LWGMs followed by the manufacture and delivery of 20 refined/improved lightweight ground mounts for performance evaluation to support Type Classifica- tion (TC) Action with a one-year production option quantity between 3,000 -- 6,000 units. A market survey for this program was published in the CBD on 22 October 1999. It is estimated that RFP DAAE30-00-R-0403 will be disseminated through the Internet (Address: http://procnet.pica.army.mil) on/about April 24, 2000. A pre-proposal conference is tentatively scheduled for May 10, 2000, at ARDEC. Offerors' proposals must be received by ARDEC within approximately 50 days after the release of the RFP. All responses to this notice shall be done in writing in the English language. See numbered Note 26. WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SNotice/033020000/033020000.htm. E-MAIL: Bonnie Holland, bholland@pica.army.mil. Posted 03/30/00 (D-SN439844).

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