A -- 120MM ANTI-PERSONNEL CANISTER CARTRIDGE

Notice Date

November 7, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

07806-5000

Solicitation Number

DAAE30-02-R-0602

Response Due

January 4, 2002

Point of Contact

Joyce Tambini, Contract Specialist, (973) 724-2574

E-Mail Address

Joyce Tambini (jtambini@pica.army.mil)

Description

The US Army, Office of the Project Manager for the Tank and Medium-caliber Armaments Systems (OPM TMAS) is seeking qualified sources for the System Development and Demonstration (SDD)/Production Qualification Test Samples and Production for 120mm tank fired, anti-personnel canister cartridge, XM1028. The cartridge is intended to be used against massed assualting infantry armed with hand held anti-tank and automatic weapons at close range. The cartridge is to be fired from the M1A1/M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank with the M256 smoothbore cannon. This procurement is limited to US/Canadian firms. The range requirements for the canister cartridge are: 200-500 meters (threshold) and 100-700 meters (objective). The requirement is to defeat equal to or greater than 50% of a 10 man squad with 1 shot and equal to or greater than 50% of a 30 man platoon with 2 shots. The solicitation will include a requirement to meet a Performance Specification. Engineering design/testing data performed to date will be provided for information. The SDD effort will be an 18 month effort which will culminate with a requirement for contractor to demonstrate the proposed production process by manufacturing qualification hardware and for the Government to conduct a Product Qualification Test (PQT). The contract will also contain production options: 1,500+/-20% for Low Rate Production (LRP) and four additional production options for a total of approximately 30,000+/-20% XM1028 cartridges. Funds are not presently available for this acquisition. No contract award will be made until appropriated funds are made available from which payment for contract purposes can be made. See Note 13.

Web Link

US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network (http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/02R0602/02R0602.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011109/ASOL002.HTM (D-311 SN512580)