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

13 -- ADVANCED X-RAY INSPECTION,ASSEMBLY AND PACKING OF 81MM MORTAR ROUNDS SOL DAAE30-99-R-0302 DUE 072699 POC Louis J. Sylvain, Contracting Officer, (973) 724-3965 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/99R0302/99R0302.htm. E-MAIL: Pamela Shauger, pshauger@pica.army.mil. This procurement is to perform x-ray inspection, assembly and packing of 81mm mortar ammunition with Composition B High Explosive. There are approximately 65,000 rounds that require inspection. Approximately one third of them are assembled with fuze and propulsion system. The inspection system must be able to reliably screen out rounds with defects such as cavities in the explosive; base separation between explosive and interior surface of the shell body; and cracks in the shell body. Conventional wet plate x-ray systems have been unable to reliable detect these types of defects. Advanced digital radiographic inspection equipment with software for automated measurement of the critial characteristics such as base separation is anticipated. The unassembled bodies that pass all inspection shall be assembled and packed into complee rounds. The assembled rounds have a hazard classification of 1.1. Materiel that fails inspections shall be disassembled to reuse components where possible and the rejected components shall be demilitarized. This solicitation should be available on or about 10 June 1999. Posted 05/25/99 (D-SN335469). (0145)

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