--Small Arm Protective Insert

Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, The U.S. Army Research, Engineer Development Command, Natick Contracting Division, Kansas Street, Natick, MA on behalf of the United States Army  Soldier System Center, Natick, MA intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis with Ceradyne Inc., Costa Mesa, CA 92626-3419. This effort is to provide the Government with testing Small Arms Protective Inserts (SAPI). The Government plans on purchasing 150 samples for testing and evaluation. Th ere are specific design features the Government would like to examine with qualities such as: various tile/ backing ratios and protection against various threats. The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials and equipment necessary to provide the tw o prototypes: a. Small Ceramic Tile thickness 0.170m 0.200, 0.230, 0260 and 0.290 with the tolerance of less or greater than .0.010 inch. The end items (SAPI) shall meet all current weight and dimensional requirements. Twenty (20) prototypes of each thickness are need ed for each ceramic tile thickness. Total one hundred (100) SAPIs. b. Small Ceramic tile thickness 0.250, 0300, 0.350, 0.400 and 0.450 with the tolerance of less or greater 0.015 inch. The end items (ESAPI) shall meet all current weight and dimensional requirements. Ten (10) prototypes of each thickness are needed for ea ch ceramic tile thickness. Total fifty (50) ESAPI. Any questions concerning this acquisition may be addressed to the above address, Attention: Mr. Gregory Wilson (AMSRD-ACC-NS) or by E-mail ( [email protected]). This announcement expires on December 27, 2004 at 12:00 PM local time