US Army Operations Support Command, Attn: AMSOS-CCF-A, Rock Island, IL 61299-6500

13 -- M918 PROJECTILE ASSEMBLY POC Contract Specialist: Judy Cherry, (309) 782-7454, POC: Dave Hurt, (309) 782-2249 WEB: N/, http:www4.ioc.army.mil/scripts/padds web/open4.asp. NSN: 1310-01-313-0336, Quantity: 2,462,000, Unit of Issue: Each, Part Number: 9399374, Nomenclature: Projectile Assembly. Sources sought for systems acquisition of the M918 target practice 40mm cartridge for FY02. This competitive requirement will be restricted to U.S. and Canadian sources. In addition, at least 30% of the subcontracted dollars must be awarded to Small Disadvantaged Businesses. The systems contractor is responsible for all components and load, assemble and pack of the M918. It is the prime contractor's prerogative to select components and/or labor to meet SDB set-aside objectives. This advertisement for sources does not constitute a request for proposal (RFP). This advertisement is for planning purposes only. Contractors will not be compensated for their efforts (time and materiel). The M918 projectile cartridge is a target practice round desinged to simulate the M430 Cartridge in appearance and ballistics. It is fired from the 40mm Grenade Machine Gun MK19 Mod 3. The M918 contains hazardous classified 1.3 and 1.4 materials that must be stored and processed in accordance with Department of Defense Standard 4145.26m. The M918 requires lot testing which uses an M129 Grenade Launcher or the MK19 Grenade Machine Gun. The M129 Grenade Launcher or the MK19 Grenade Machine Gun is required to be in a secured building and the building must be constructed in accordance with DOD Standard 4145.26m as it relates to the M918. This cartridge is a fixed round of ammunition consisting of a one-piece steel projectile body which is fitted to a cartridge case assembly. An aluminum ogive, which contains a firing pin plate assembly, a cellular foam anti-creep spring, and the standard M550 fuse escapement assembly is threaded to the projectile body. An aluminum insert, which contains a flash carge chamber, is enclosed in the projectile body. A plastic container contains the flash charge chamber, which contains one gram of flash charge composition. The projectile assembly is press-fitted into a cartridge case. The case is a hollow-bby-chambered aluminum cylinder with a metal closing plug crimped into the open well of the propellant chamber cartridge base. The propellant in the chamber, which contains the propelling charge, has vent holes in the top and is sealed at the bottom by a closing plug. A percussion prime is crimped into the center opening in the closing plug. The propellent chamber acts as a high-pressure chamber, and the upper hollow cavity in the case acts as a low-pressure chamber. The M918 requires the contractor to comply with ANSI/ASQC 9001 or Q9002 quality program and statistical process control. The M918 projectile assebmly requires a 1,000-meter and 200-meter test firing rande and the range must comply with all safety and environmental regulations. Potential interested producers are requested to submit a written response expressing interest. A questionnaire for interested potential producers and technical data via CD ROM will then be issued after receipt of response. Responses to the questionnaire and unit price estimates (ROM) will be required 60 days from date of issue. The point of contact is Dave Hurt, SOSMA-PRG-M, (309) 782-2249 or Judy Cherry, AMSOS-CCM-L, (309) 782-7454. Your responses to the questionnaire and price estimate will be treated as proprietary data. Following review of this information, if the Government decides to continue this concept, a formal solicitation for firm prices/deliveries would be issued. Posted 08/03/00 (W-SN481891). (0216)

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