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

10 -- BACK-UP IRON SIGHT FOR THE M4 CARBINE AND THE M16A4 RIFLE SOL DAAE30-98-R-0409 DUE 062598 POC George M. Chavis, Contract Specialist, AMSTA-AR-PC-D, (973) 724-4496 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: George M. Chavis, gchavis@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, in support of Project Manager (PM) Small Arms, has a requirement for a commercial or modified commercially available zero to six hundred (0-600) meter iron sight for the M4 carbine and the M16A4 rifle. Of particular interest are sights which occupy as little area and as few rail cross slots as possible. It must not be detachable by the rifleman, and should be attachable using implements in a unit armorer's tool kit only. The iron sight shall attach to the rear of the upper receiver rail only and must fold over, rearward, in order to allow the attachment of other sighting devices to the upper receiver rail. The proposed contract will be a firm-fixed price contract for fifty (50) units (basic), and a maximum option quantity of 96,364. This procurement will utilize the commercial item acquisition practices outlined in Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). See Numbered Note 1. (0161)

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