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

13 -- LOAD, ASSEMBLE AND PACK FOR 155M MODULAR ARTILLERY CHARGE SYSTEM SOL DAAE30-97-R-1016 DUE 093097 POC Contract Specialist, Sandy LaBell, 201-724-4085, Contracting Officer, John Eilenberger WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Sandra Labell, slabell@pica.army.mil. CBD notice for the Load, Assemble and Pack for 155MM Modular Artillery Charge System, published January 30, 1997 is hereby modified to read as follows. The contractor shall Load, Assemble and Pack (LAP) for the 155MM Modular Artillery Charge System (MACS) program. The 155MM MACS is a two increment charge system that will provide enhanced performance for 155MM artillery. Multiples of the increments, XM231 (Zone 1 & 2) and XM232 (Zone 3 thru 6) will satisfy all zoning requirements for 155MM artillery. The 155MM MACS increments will be capable of being handled by automatic loading/resupply equipment as well as manually, which allows MACS increments to be used with currently fielded howizers and future planned artillery systems. The objective of this action is to procure three thousand (3,000) XM231 increments and ninety three thousand (93,000) XM232 increments in support of the MACS Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase of the Crusader program. Contractor will perform a three (3) yeareffort which includes the basic contract with two options for the XM231 and XM232 propelling charge increments. The basic contract will require the contractor to delivery three thousand (3,000) XM231 and thirty three thousand (33,000) XM232, option I, thirty six thousand (36,000) XM232 and option II, twenty four thousand (24,000) XM232 delivering an average of three thousand (3,000) propelling charge increments every month starting one hundred twenty (120) days after award of contract. The LAP of both the XM231 and XM232 MACS propelling charge increments which comprise each increment, then packing the increments in metal cans for shipment, and subsequent shipment to the required destinations. These operations involve the handling of energetic materials (Class 1.4 flammable solid to Class 1.1 -- high explosive). Operations include the following: sewing, weighing, loading, gluing, labeling, packing and palletization. The contractor should have the following: a) experience in efforts of similar complexity, such as the LAP of other munitions for applications 120MM and larger which incorporates rigid combustible cases, propellants and igniters, b) experience with respect to propellant handling/storage and other hazardous handling/storage, c) available on-site or near-site storage capacity to handle/store at least five hundred thousand (500,000) pounds of energetic materials at one time. The MACS and its components are on The Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL), Oct 1992, as a critical element in section 12.2 for "Gun Propulsion" system. Therefore, the MACS Technical Data Package (TDP) is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C. Sec 2751) and is subject to DoD Directives 5230.24 and 5230.25. Drawings are marked with limited distribution statement F which states: "Further dissemination only as directed by AMSTA-AR-WEE-B, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ or higher authority". MACS is a direct replacement for the 155MM Propellant Charges M203A1 and all current bag-type 155MM Propellant Charges which are on the Industrial Preparedness Planning List. Interested parties are required to provide the Government a copy of their approved DD Form 2345 in order to obtain the drawing package. Please contract Ms. Sandy LaBell at (201)724-4085 to obtain a copy of the DD Form 2345. This solicitation will be available for downloading from the world Wide Web Electronic Commerce Home Page available at the following address: "http://procnet.pica.army.mil." See Note 26. (0176)

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