Headquarters, U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island (ACC-RI), on behalf of the Office of the Project Manager for Combat Ammunition Systems, has a requirement to provide funds for a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) base contract with four (4) one year options for the Load, Assemble and Pack (LAP) of the following items:

Nomenclature – NSN

155MM M795 Projectile IMX - 1320-01-617-2682

155MM M795 Projectile TNT - 1320-01-495-3842

It is anticipated that this procurement will result in an award to American Ordnance LLC (AO) who is the Operating Contractor at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP). These requirements shall be restricted to AO under Authority Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) 2304(c)(3), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3(a)(2)(i) i.e., to maintain a facility, producer, manufacturer or other supplier available for furnishing supplies or services in case of a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization. This notification has been posted for subcontracting purposes only.

The 155mm, M795 Projectile is an extended-range high-explosive artillery projectile used for anti-personnel and anti-material targets. The projectile is a hollow high-fragmentation steel forged shell filled with either Trinitrotoluene (TNT) or IMX-101 melt-poured explosive. A TNT supplementary charge is used in the TNT-filled projectile and a PBXN-9/IM supplementary charge is used in the IMX-101 version.