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Official Press Release from the Transport and Commerce Ministry

The Transport and Commerce Ministry is currently looking for foreign privately owned corporations to provide the Hamptonshire Unified Bus System (HUBS) with Level V Armor Glass, Level IV Opaque Armor Materials, air independent gas/diesel high output engines, and production facilities for 65,000 Rhino Runner-type 50 passanger Armored Buses.

HUBS will require 95,000 metric tons of Level V Armor Glass, 140,000 metric tons of Level IV Opaque Armor Materials, and 150,000 Air Independent Gas/Diesel High Output Engines. Each of the three different requirements will be awarded as a separate contracted to the lowest bidder with the best offer. The contract for 65,000 Rhino-Runner-type 50 passanger Armored Buses will be award to the company that bids the lowest while still meeting the quality requirements of the Royal Armory Directorate. The chosen company will be responsible for all costs of products and delivery. All contracts must be fulfilled within 10 years.

Level V Armor Glass
Projectile Caliber Protection: 12.7 mm
Cartridge Type- Armor Piercing
Velocity range- 2900 to 3200 ft/sec.
Notes- This armor must also provide protectioon from 8.4kg C4 (Directional Bomb with balls from ball bearings at 7 meters) equivalent to 70kg TNT.

Level IV Opaque Armor Materials
Projectile Caliber- .30 30-06 7.62 NATO
Cartridge Type- 166 grain M2 Armor Piercing
Velocity range- 2800 to 2900 ft/sec
Notes- This type of armor also provides protection against most lesser threats such as 223 Remington (5.56 mm FMJ), 30 Carbine FMJ, and 12 gauge rifle slug.

Air Independent Gas/Diesel High Output Engines
Horsepower Requirement- 500 hp
Range- 400 miles
Notes- Must be able to run on any percentage combination of standard fuels. Must be PZE (Partial Zero Emitions)


Pictures of the 18 Passanger Variant of the Rhino-Runner
Exterior:
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More pics: here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/bus4.jpg), here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/bus1.jpg), and here (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/bus2.jpg).

Interor:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/bus5.jpg
Additional Picture (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/hamptonshire/bus6.jpg)


Preference will be given to those companies operating in nations allied to the Grand Duchy of Hamptonshire.



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Sir Daniel Pederson
Transport and Commerce Minister
Deputy Prime Minister

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The State Industries of Schultaria Prime: Designwerks would like to submit a bid for your engine contract.

We offer the Dnervoc Heavy Vehicle Engine as our primary entry. This engine, which has been powering every civilian freight hauler for the last 45 years, has an unmatched rate of reliability and efficiency.

Since Schultaria Prime is nearly petroleum independent, this engine variant runs on Ethanol as its primary fuel, but can be adapted for standard or variant diesel without much extra effort. Even with the most inefficient and heavily laden military vehicles, this engine can achieve an approximate average of 7.5 miles per gallon.

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[From our Storefront]

Dnervoc Heavy Vehicle Engine (DN - HvM508)

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As Schultaria Prime's population has increased, the necessity for more efficient transportation has become a paramount concern in many of our larger metropolitan areas. To this end, researchers at The University of Schultaria Prime - Myrle have developed the newest series of heavy engine to combat the ever increasing demand for cheap, reliable, and most of all efficient mobile power sources. Designed to aid both the freight industry as well as the military, this engine has seen extensive practical testing not only in the rugged terrain of the Schultarian Plains, but the absolutely brutal conditions of gridlock in the rush hours across our nation.

Dimensions: Length (1.1 m) Width: (.4 m) Height: (.68 m) Weight: (275 kg)

Standard Fuel: Schultarian Ethanol (Approx. 170 - 190 proof)

Number of Cylinders / Combustion System: 6 / Standard 4 Cycle Schultarian Internal Combustion

Idle / Maximum Governed Speed: 750 rpm / 10,000 rpm

Net Operating Power (hp): 700 hp at 3,000 rpm

Cooling System: Liquid Compression with power assisted pump.

Total Cost: $12,000 Per Engine

To adapt this engine for Diesel consumption will cost an additional $750 per engine.

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-Current Bid

Dnervoc (Standard Gasoline / Ethanol): [$12,000 * 150,000 units]: $1,800,000,000

Dnervoc (Diesel) [$12,750 * 150,000 units]: $1,912,500,000

The Transport and Commerce Ministry has recorded your bid and will begin evaluations of the design for the proposed engine. We request what sort of costs would be associated with transforming the engine so that it can run on 100 percent BioDiesel.

The cost to alter the engine's systems for BioDiesel would be no more than the current costs to adapt the engine for standard petroleum based Diesel products. Therefore, the costs for engine alteration would still stand at $750 per engine.

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