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

A -- DESIGN, FABRICATE TOOLING, FIXTURING, EQUIPMENT TO APPLY ELECTRO SPARK ALLOY COATING,(ESA), OF BARRELS SOL DAAE30-00-Q-1052 DUE 072500 POC Theresa J. Niederhaus, Contract Specialist, 973-724-3362 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/00Q1052/00Q1052.htm. E-MAIL: Theresa J. Niederhaus, tnieder@pica.army.mil. Design and fabricate necessary tooling, fixturing and processing equipment to apply Electro Spark Alloying,(ESA), to the inside of the M249 machine gun barrel blanks, using a patented process. All work to be performed in accordance with "STATEMENT OF WORK M249 SQUAD AUTOMATIC WEAPON (SAW) ELECTRO SPARK ALLOY COATING OF BARRELS" in RFQ DAAE30-00-Q-1052. This is a sole source requirement for Surface Treatment Technologies, Inc, 1940 Elk River Dam Road, Tullahoma, Tenn. 37388. Note 22 applies. Posted 07/06/00 (D-SN471734). (0188)

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