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13 -- N-BUTYL-2-NITRATOETHYL NITRAMINE SOL N68936-95-R-0352 POC Paul Reagon, Contract Specialist, (619)939-0895, or John Watkins, Contracting Officer, (619)939-7951. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS) China Lake, CA intends to negotiate with ICI Explosives USA, Inc. Energetic Materials Division, Tamaqua, PA using procedures for other than full and open competition for the procurement of n-Butyl-2-nitratoethyl nitramine (n-Butyl NENA). This energetic plasticizer is used in gun and rocket propellant formulation and research. The n-Butyl NENA will be stabilized with .5% stabilizer N-Methel-Para-Nitroaniline (NMA). The quantity requested is 450 LBS. The government requires delivery by 30 Novemver 1995. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0174)

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