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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 20,1999 PSA#2391

Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Code 1162 Bldg 2521, 300 Highway 361, Crane, Indiana 47522-5001

13 -- AMMUNITION & EXPOSIVES SOL N00164-99-R-0145 DUE 090899 POC Mr. John Pfender, Code 1162, telephone 812-854-5198, fax 812-854-5095, e-mail pfender_j@crane.navy.mil WEB: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division's homepage, www.crane.navy.mil. The Government intends to procure on a sole source basis for comparative testing of 40mm pre-fragmented, programmable, high explosive(PP-HE)rounds (5,000/ea) test rounds plus option quantities (70,000/ea) of production rounds. The requirement will also include test data and safety-related documentation for the 40mm PP-HE round of ammunition. The procurement will be negotiated RFP with Nordic Ammunition Company (NAMMO). The 40mm PP-HE must comply with U.S. Navy, Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) requirements and the U.S. Navy's Insensitive Munitions (IM) program. It must function in the Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher (ALGL). The fuse must be programmable for air bursting from 100 meters to 1800 meters and have the same ballistic characteristics as NATO standard 40mm rounds. The programmable HE ammunition will detonate and distribute fragments in a 100 square meter area to the rear of the point burst. The fragments must penetrate a 1.5mm plate of St37 mild steel, with 95% coverage of 3 meters from the point of burst, with a fragment density of 4 penetrations per square meter. Also, the fragments must penetrate 1.5mm of St37 mild steel, at a distance of 5 meters from the point of burst, with a fragment density of 1.5 penetrations per square meter with 70% coverage. It is contemplated that the contract will be issued on a FOB Destination basis. Deliveries for the basic quantities (5,000/ea) will be 29 January 2001. The options will cover the Government's requirements for five years from the date of contract award. Numbered Note 22 applies. Numbered Note 26 applies. The 5,000/ea rounds are being sole sourced as Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) rounds in accordance with Defense Acquisition Regulation supplement (DFARS) 206.302-1(b)). The follow-on option quantities will be sole-sourced to NAMMO as the Government would face substantial duplication of costs ($10 million) that is not expected to be recovered through competition (FAR 6.302-1(a)(ii)(A)). All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. Requests for copies of the solicitation shall be in writing via facsimile at (812) 854-5095 or via e-mail request to pfender_j@crane.navy.mil. Posted 07/16/99 (W-SN355530). (0197)

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