US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PCW-A, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

13 -- PROCUREMENT OF .50 CALIBER SABOTED LIGHT ARMOR PENETRATOR AMMUNITION POC Jean Grinter, Contract Specialist, email=grinter; David M. Banashefski, Contracting Officer. The U.S. Marine Corps has a requirement for 699,594 rounds of .50 Caliber Saboted Light Armor Penetrator (SLAP) ammunition. The rounds are linked in a four to one ratio, four M903 rounds to one M962 tracer round. The National Stock Number (NSN) for this item is 1305 01 332 8254. This effort is a continuation of the first production of the item. The government is seeking to continue use of engineering and production facilities at Olin Winchester to produce SLAP ammunition. The manufactured rounds shall continue to meet the following requirements. The rounds shall function in the Caliber .50 M2 machine gun without any modifications to the weapon. They shall be safe to use, and present no unusual hazard to the soldier. They shall be manufactured in accordance with the government provided technical data package (TDP) and meet all requirements per MIL-C-70633B. The producer must show evidence of familiarity with design and process techniques for injection molded engineered plastic parts and the relationships between process controls and molded part performance. The contractor will be required to procure all materials necessary to design and fabricate molds to produce the rounds. Interested producers of .50 caliber ammunition are requested to submit capabilities statements to U.S. Army ARDEC, ATTN: AMSTA-AR-PCW-A, Mrs. Jean Grinter, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. Inquiries must be in writing. No solicitation will be issued as a result of this market survey which is for informational purposes only. (0135)

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