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

13 -- 120MM XM1002 TP-T CARTRIDGE FOR THE M1A1/M1A2 MAIN BATTLE TANKS SOL DAAE30-00-R-0603 DUE 050900 POC Kelly A. Struckmeyer, Contract Specialist, 973-724-2244 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/DraftRFP/00R0603/00R0603.htm. E-MAIL: Kelly A. Struckmeyer, kstruck@pica.army.mil. The US Army, Office of Project Manager for Tank and Medium-caliber Armament Systems(OPM-TMAS) seeks qualified sources to perform the 120mm XM1002, Target Practice w/Tracer(TP-T) cartridge for the M1A1/M1A2 Main Battle tanks with the M256 smoothbore cannon. The XM1002 will be a training round for the cartridge, 120mm, HEAT-MP-T, M830A1 and evenutally replace training cartridge, 120mm, TP-T, M831A1. The anticipated contract(s) resulting from this will include Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD Phase 1; EMD Phase 2; Production Option 1, Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), quantity of 3,000; and Production Option 2, Production Year One (PY1), quantity of 10,000. See earlier CBD notice (23 Nov 99) which sought sources interested in this same EMD effort. Please note the following changes to the previous sources sought notice: 1) The Gov t intends to restrict this to US and Canadian sources for the purpose of preserving the Industrial Mobilization base. However, this does not restrict the use of foreign subcontracts or the use of foreign subsidiaries, 2) The Gov t no longer plans to allow non-contracted parties to participate in the EMD shoot-off, 3) The nomenclature has changed from MPAT to Target Practice with Tracer, 4) The quantities have changed. ACQUISITION STREAMLINING PROCEDURES will include posting of a draft documents and formal Requests for Proposal (RFP) DAAE30-00-R-0603 on ARDEC s PROCNET website located at http://procnet.pica.army.mil. This website posting is intended to be a living document; that is individual segments (such as Statement of Work, various attachments, XM1002 Performance Specification, solicitation terms and conditions, and so forth) may be posted as the initial drafts become available. However, the Government may choose to only post some documents. Potential offerors and other interested parties are invited to download and review the documents as they appear and are updated, and submit comments via E- MAIL for Government consideration. Comments and other correspondence may be submitted via E-MAIL to either the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer at the address cited above. Care should be taken to ensure timely submission of comments. In this regard, attention is directed to scheduled milestones and informational notices which will also be posted to the website. Firms with intent to submit prime contract proposals may request their name and contact information to be posted to the website for the convenience of potential subcontractors. Send E-MAIL request to Contract Specialist at address above. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CONSIDERATIIONS include the intent, insofar as practicable, of conducting this acquisition electronically, with minimum actual paper. However, in the event paper submissions are requested or become unavoidable, submit to: Mrs. Kelly A. Struckmeyer, US Army ARDEC, Attn: AMSTA- CM-CPF, Bldg 9, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. Posted 04/19/00 (D-SN446770). (0110)

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