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

13 -- REACTIVE APPLIQUE ARMOR TILES FOR THE BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE SYSTEM (BFVS) SOL DAAE30-00-R-0202 DUE 120199 POC Stephen Ernyey, Contract Specialist WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/111719991/111719991.htm. E-MAIL: Stephen Ernyey, sernyey@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ is contemplating the issuance of a solicitation for Reactive Applique Armor Tiles for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle System (BFVS). The tiles must be capable of protecting the BFVS against the anti-tank guided missile class threats, and must not be vulnerable to burning or detonation from small arms fire. The tiles must also meet BFVS weight constraints (the armor and mounting hardware cannot add more than 5,800 pounds to the vehicle), and it must fit the armor attachment provisions currently in place on the BVFS. This requirement shall be solicited on a firm-fixed-price basis. The contemplated basic quantity for FY00 is seventy (70) each with option quntities in FY01 of sixty (60) and one-hundred twenty (120) each. A "vehicle set" is comprised of twenty-six (26) M3A1 tiles; nine (9) M4A1 tiles; fifty- five (55) M5A1 tiles; seven (7) M6A1 tiles; and eight (8) M7A1tiles. These tiles must be qualified per performance specification MIL-PRF-70773 which has been classified SECRET. After issuance of the solicitation, all respondents must have a minimum SECRET clearance to gain access to this information. TACOM-ARDEC hereby requests that any firm which may have the capability of meeting this contemplated requirement should provide a statement of capability and supporting rationale to Mr. Stephen Ernyey at area code (973)724-3456 so that it may be properly evaluated prior to synopsis and solicitation of the requirement. This is not a solicitation and does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation. Offerors are advised that the Government will not pay for any information submitted under this announcement. See numbered note 25. Posted 11/17/99 (D-SN401385). (0321)

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