US Army Armament And Chemical Acquisition And Logistics Activity (ACALA) Attn: AMSTA-AC-PCC Rock Island, IL 61299-7630

99 -- DIVING EQUIPMENT POC Linda Hultman/309-782-33932 DESC: The United States Army is looking for suppliers and manufacturers of commercial underwater diving and construction equipment to complete the Army's data base of commercial equipment that will be used in the development of the U.S. Army Underwater Construction Sets and Deep Sea Diving Sets. The U.S. Underwater Diving Support Team, located at the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, is developing an Underwater Construction Set and a Deep Sea Diving Set that will equip the Army Engineer Divers with the latest "state-of-the-art" in commercial deep sea diving equipment and underwater construction and salvage equipment. The Underwater Diving Support Team is looking for technical information, unit price and availability of ISO stowage containers, underwater cutting and welding equipment, underwater hydraulic tools and equipment, underwater salvage equipment, special diving hand tools, diving helmets, divers dry suits, divers support equipment, 300 ft and 600 ft diving umbilicals, underwater communications systems, underwater video systems, and air compressors for the development of six (6) underwater construction sets and deep sea diving sets. If your company is a manufacturer or supplier of underwater diving tools and equipment, request your company's technical product information, price lists and availability statements of your company's latest "state-of-the-art" commercial diving products be sent to the following address: Commander: U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, ATTN: AMSTA-AR-EST-P (Mr. Jim Brinkley), Rock Island Illinois, 61299-7300. Additional information can be obtained by contacting any of the following points of contact for U.S. Army Diving Equipment: Mr. Jim Brinkley, Deep Sea Diving Equipment and Recompression Chambers (309) 782-8151; SFC Nells Malmberg, U.S. Army Diving Liasion for all Diving Equipment, (309) 782-1021; Mr. Irvin Eyre, Underwater Construction Set, (309)782-8149. Posted 01/13/99 (W-SN287559). (0013)

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