US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PCW-C, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, New Je 07806-5000

A -- ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL (ER) FLUID ARTILLERY RECOIL CONTROL SOL DAAE30-R-0052 DUE 030295 POC Contact Linda Kettler, Contract Specialist, email=lkettler 201-724-4771, Contracting Officer, Carol A. Klapal, 201-724-3274. The US Army ARDEC intends to negotiate with General Atomics, San Diego, Calif on a sole source basis under the approved authority of 10 USC 2304(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1 based on the fact that the requirement is available only from one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This requirement is a follow-on contract covering the design and manufacture of an ER Fluid artillery recoil control device. The ER Fluid recoil control device will be used in a 155mm fire-out-of-battery (FOOB) prototype which will be live fired ARDEC. See Note 22. (0058)

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