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

R -- ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING SERVICES SOL DAAE30-00-R-0203 DUE 112499 POC JEAN C. GRINTER WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/00R0203/00R0203.htm. E-MAIL: Jean C. Grinter, jgrinter@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Armaments Research,Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, 07806-5000 intends to award a contract to Savit Corp., Parsippany, NJ 07054 on a sole source basis. This requirement covers Engineering and Manufacturing Services (EMS) in support of the munitions programs in the Artillery and Mortars Division of FSAC. The EMS effort shall cover all aspects of munitions design and development including formulation of new weapon concepts, preparation of drawings for design and manufacture using Pro/Engineer Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) features, quality assurance provisions, tolerance studies, material compatibility studies, metallurgical analysis, functional analysis, fault tree analysis, root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, interior and exterior ballistic studies, static and dynamic shock and vibration analysis, finite element stress analysis, heat transfer/gas flow analysis, risk analysis, cost analysis, and life-cycle cost estimating; producibility studies emphasizing net shape to minimize cost; rapid prototype manufacture all types of weapon components; high strength parts formed from bar stock, forgings, castings and sintered materials; water jet/laser cut, draw, stamp, and bend sheet stock; metal-inert gas, tungsten-inert gas, friction, electron beam, and laser welding; machine, form and/or mold all plastics; working knowledge of all materials including engineered plastics, ferrous and non-ferrous metals and exotic materials such as tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, cobalt, etc.; obturator design and manufacture; design and weld copper, nickel, and cast iron overlay projectile rotating bands up to 155mm; tool and gauge design and fabrication; coordinate measurement machine, magnetic particle, ultrasound, x- ray, and computed tomography inspection processes; finishing, packaging and marking; circuit design and fabrication of electronic assemblies and test equipment;support static and flight tests at government facilities, including preparation of instrumentation and evaluation of test results; blue and red team technical support. The contract will be a five year time and material type contract. This announcement is for market research information only. This is not a solicitation. No contract will be awarded as a result of this announcement. See Notes 22 and 26. Posted 11/10/99 (D-SN399805). (0314)

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