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

13 -- M14 CAP, BLASTING, NON-ELECTRIC DELAY SOL DAAE30-00-R-0107 DUE 062900 POC Shannon Wagner, Contract Specialist (973) 724-4152 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/00R0107/00R0107.htm. E-MAIL: Shannon Wagner, swagner@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army at TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal has a requirement to support the FY00-FY03 production of the Modernized Demolition Initiators (MDI). The item being procured, via performance specificaton and packaging TDP, is as follows: Cap, Blasting, Non-Electric, Delay, M14. The M14 shall consist of a length of M700 Type Time Blasting Fuse (7.5 ft. minimum length), complying with MIL-F-45144, environmentally sealed at one end and with a non-electric factory installed blasting cap (outside diameter of .230 inch to .241 inch, length of 2.25 inch to 2.35 inch) attached at the other end with an output equivalent to a number 12 commercial blasting cap, and must be capable of initiating composition C-4. The following quantities and their estimated ranges are delineated below for the basic contract as well as the three option years: Basic (FY00): 40-59K 60-79K 80-110K 111-260K Option 1 (FY01): 40-59K 60-79K 80-110K 111-260K Option 2 (FY02): 40-59K 60-79K 80-110K 111-260K Option 3 (FY03): 40-59K 60-79K 80-110K 111-260K The offerors are required to submit prices for each of the ranges shown above. The offerors will be required to submit bid samples with their proposals. Bid samples shall consist of 10 each M14 or commercial equivalent, color optional in it's commercial packaging. A design Verification Test (VT) is required. The VT sample shall be submitted no later than 90 days after contract award. All offerors may submit a request to waive VT; the request shall include the producer's certification that the design was not altered from that previously accepted under contract. The offeror shall submit test results of First Article Testing (FAT) three (3) months after notification of approved VT results or VT waiver approval. A quantity of 105 M14 units is required for FAT. Monthly deliveries are expected for this production. The first delivery must commence 30 days after Government notification of VT and/or FAT approval. A Firm Fixed-Price type contract is contemplated for this effort utilizing 100% Small BusinessSet-Aside procedures. Electronic responses are preferred and should be sent to Shannon Wagner, Contract Specialist at swagner@pica.army.mil, (973) 724-4152. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 06/12/00 (D-SN463720). (0164)

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