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

13 -- M795,155MM, HIGH EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILE METAL PALLETS DUE 020698 POC Mrs. Shannon Wagner, (973) 724-4152 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Shannon Wagner, swagner@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army TACOM/ARDEC is seeking qualified small business firms who can respond to a request for proposal to manufacture and deliver approximately 9,877 each M795 HE Projectile Metal Pallets. An option for approximately 9,877 M795 HE Projectile Metal Pallets will also be part of the upcoming requirement. Each Metal Pallet consists of two (2) metal plates held together by connecting rods. Each pallet is designed to hold eight (8) M795 155MM artillery shells. Each group of eight (8) artillery shells sits atop one of the metal plates and is capped off by the other metal plate. The pallets are to be made from steel sheet -- high strand/low alloy per ASTM 715 Grade 50 and is top coated with a CARC paint. The Government does not intend to facilitize prospective offerors. Any offeror will be required to self facilitize at their own expense. Interested manufacturers are requested to submit a capabilities statement by Electronic Commerce (EC) to swagner@pica.army.mil which should address, at a minimum, the items delineated under the numbered note indicated below. No solicitation will be issued as a result of this market survey. This notice is for informational purposes only. See Numbered Note 1. (0006)

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