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13 -- ADVANCED TUNGSTEN 120MM APFSDS CARTRIDGE SOL DAAE30-99-R-0602 DUE 112698 POC Joyce A. Tambini, Contract Specialist, (973) 724-2574 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/99R0602/99R0602.htm. E-MAIL: Joyce A. Tambini, jtambini@pica.army.mil. US Army TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, anticipates soliciting under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, a sole source requirement with Primex Technologies, located at 10101 Ninth Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716. This will be a firm fixed priced requirement to produce a 120mm Advanced Tungsten Armor Piercing, Fin Stabilized, Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) tank cartridge on behalf of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The requirement will include delivery of 590 qualification cartridges and subsequent delivery of 10,194 production and test cartridges. This solicitation supports Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) EG-B-URU. Reference market survey published on May 12, 1998. This acquisition requires the use of a previously manufactured and tested configuration and if the design uses US Army technology, acquired from Rheinmetall under license, the contractor must have appropriate permission from Rheinmetall to utilize 120mm technology on a non-Type Classified cartridge. If the design includes technology not covered by this, permission to use this technology for export to Egypt is required. Additionally, contractor must have secret clearance. Anticipated soliciation issue date is 26 October 1998. Reference Notes 22 and 26. Posted 10/06/98 (D-SN259067). (0279)

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