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

B -- ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR HAND-EMPLACED WIDE AREA MUNITION SOL DAAE30-98-Q-1021 DUE 120897 POC Carolyn Schwierk, Contract Specialist, (973)724-5369, Paul Milenkowic, Contracting Officer, (973)724-5391 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Carolyn Schwierk, schwierk@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ currently has a requirement to obtain engineering services for the Hand-Emplaced Wide Area Munition (HE-WAM) Program. The contractor shall assist the PM-MCD in conducting an evaluation of the acoustic and seismic sensor systems used in the Wide Area Munition and survey the state of the art in the technology of such sensors (either commercially available or in the military inventory) with regards to possible future enhancements. The contractor efforts shall focus on the hardware (transducers), signal processing and systems design of such sensors. The contractor shall participate in meetings of the Acoustic and Seismic Subgroups of the IPT being constituted as part of this effort and provide technical input to these meetings, review data and specifications as necessary, which are held at Picatinny Arsenal, the systems developer contractor site in Wilmington, Massachusetts, the Army Research Laboratory at Adelphi, Maryland and CRREL in Hanover, New Hampshire. The work performed under this contract would be designated as ADP II or III position; therefore contractor personnel performing under this contract are required to have a SECRET Security Clearance. TACOM-ARDEC intends to satisfy this requirement via Sole Source Small Purchase Order to SenTech, Inc., Lexington, MA. See Numbered Note 22. (0337)

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