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13 -- WARHEADS AND ENERGETICS CENTER FY00 R&D EFFORT SOL DAAE30-00-RPP-0800 DUE 041400 POC Catherine E. John-Angle, Grants Officer, 973-724-3214 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/00R0800/00R0800.htm. E-MAIL: Catherine E. John-Angle, cjohnang@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC intends to issue a Request for Project Proposals Announcement (RPPA) for the Warheads and Energetics Technology Center (WETC) FY00 Research and development effort in the areas of Warheads and Energetics. The research and Development effort set forth in the RPPA DAAE30-00-RPP-0800 was originally stated in the WETC sole source RPPA released on 4 Oct 99 to the forming National Warheads and energetics Consortium (NWEC). It was the intention, at that time, to sign a Master Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with the NWEC and issue Project Awards for individual research and development efforts. Due to the delays in the signing of the Master OTA, it is necessary for the Government to issue individual OTAs for the FY00 effort under a new RPPA. Companies/Organizations may request that their proposals originally submitted under the 4 Oct 99 RPPA be considered for evaluation, as is or with revisions, under RPPA number DAAE30-00-RPP-0800. The technical areas in Warheads include blast and fragmentation warheads, shaped charges, EFP penetrators, target effects and lethality, warhead modeling and design, materials and materials behavior and rapid prototyping. The technical areas in Energetics include synthesis of energetic materials, binders and plasticizers, propellant and explosive formulation and processing, propelling charge design, scale-up to production, simulation of explosive phenomena, insensitive munitions and systems and component failure analyses. The RPPA will be electronically available, upon request by email, from the Grants Officer, Catherine E. John-Angle, at cjohnang@pica.army.mil, on 4 Apr 00. Proposals are due electronically by 14 Apr 00. All offerors must have a Secret clearance or be prepared to iniate the process for a secret clearance shortly after award. All offerors must be U.S. wholly owned firms or institutions. Award(s) will be made as a Section 845/804 Proptotype Other Transaction Agreement. Posted 03/31/00 (D-SN440314). (0091)

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