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

13 -- NON-DEVELOPMENT ITEM (NDI), 40MM CANISTER SOL DAAE30-97-C-0413 DUE 052197 POC JANICE FINKELSTEIN, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, (201)724-7510 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: JANICE FINKELSTEIN, jfinkel@pica.army.mil. This is a Non-Developmental Item (NDI) procurement program directed towards the standardization of the 40mm Canister Cartridge that shall be fired from the MK-19 Mod 3 Grenade Machine Gun (GMG). The program shall be a two phase, twelve (12) month program, utilizing a Firm Fixed Price type contract. The proposed canister cartridge effort should be a high-velocity canister cartridge developed to provide effective antipersonnel capability out to 100 meters. The cartridge when fired in a 3 round burst shall provide a 80 percent probability of hitting an E sized silhouette at 100 meters. The cartridge shall also provide a 70 percent probability of incapacitation (90 percent or greater probability of incapacitation is desired). A MK-19 Mod 3 Grenade Machine Gun will be furnished to the successful offeror of this program as Government Furnished Property, the contractor must have proper storage capability. Phase I shall consist of design validation, upon finalization of the canister design, the contractor shall fabricate 378 each canister cartridges and test various functions such as Transportation Vibration, Belt Pull, Penetration, Air Pressure, Temperature Extremes, Lethal Mechanisms, Functioning and Weapon Compatibility, Safety, Noise, Rate of Fire, and Electromagnetic effects. The decision to proceed with Phase II will be dependent on the success of Phase I and will be made solely by the Government. Phase II will consist of manufacturing 3,578 each canister cartridges in accordance with the new design developed under Phase I. A draft Request for Proposal (RFP) shall be disseminated through the Internet ( address: "http://procnet.pica.army.mil"), issued for industry review and comment. The significant sections of the draft shall be posted as they become available. Any and all comments to the draft would be appreciated within ten (10) days of their issuance. Upon issuance of the Final Request for Proposal any prospective offeror will be required to submit a representative test sample of 64 rounds of 40mm Canister Cartridges at no cost to the Government. The samples will be subjected to technical testing and as such will be evaluated and scored in accordance with the required criteria that will be set forth in the RFP. If requested a preliminary Technical Data Package will be provided for informational purposes only to any prospective offeror who does not have already a non-developmental item (NDI) 40mm canister cartridge. All responses to this notice shall be done so in writing in the English language. (0125)

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