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

B -- DUAL TORCH PLUSE WELDING FOR ARTILLERY APPLICATIONS SOL DAAE30-00-R-0804 DUE 041900 POC Sonya Rappoport, Contract Specialist (973) 724-2775 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/00R0804/00R0804.htm. E-MAIL: Sonya Rappoport, srappop@pica.army.mil. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS SOLICITATION IS TO PRODUCE THREE HUNDRED M795, 155MM HF1 PROJECTILE FORGINGS IN SUPPORT OF A SOFT IRON ROTATING BAND WELD STUDY. THE GOAL OF THIS EFFORT IS TO YIELD A MINIMUM OF 100 FINISHED M795 PROJECTILES WITH SOFT IRON ROTATING BAND FOR BALLISTIC TESTING AND EVALUATION. THE REMAINING M795 PROJECTILE FORGINGS WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR PROCESS DEVELOPMENT, TESTING AND REJECTS. IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY SUPPORT THIS EFFORT, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PROCURE HF1 STEEL, PERFORM HF1 BILLET FORGING, ROUGH MACHINING, HEAT TREATMENT, FINISH MACHINING, ULTRASONIC AND MAGNETIC PARTICLE TESTING,PAINTING AND FINAL INSPECTION. THE PARTS FURNISHED UNDER THIS SOLICITATION SHALL BE DELIVERED UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE M795 PRODUCT SPECIFICATION, MIL-P-63245B, AMENDMENT 3, PROJECTILE, HE, 155MM, M795 METAL PARTS ASSEMBLY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ROTATING BAND SEAT AND FINAL BAND DIMENSIONS, WHICH ARE SPECIFIED BY DRAWING NUMBERS SK00001 AND SK00003 RESPECTIVELY. THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WELDING THE ROTATING BANDS AND FOR THE POST WELD STRESS RELIEF AT THE ARDEC WELDING TECHNOLOGY CENTER, PICATINNY ARSENAL, NJ. THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE MODIFICATION TO CHAMBERLAIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, THE CURRENT PRODUCER FOR THE M795 PARTS. NOTE22 Posted 04/05/00 (D-SN441374). (0096)

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