Navy Aviation Supply Office, 700 Robbins Avenue Philadelphia, Pa 19111-5098

53 -- NUT,COUPLING,COMPRE SOL N0038395RM649 DUE 071795 POC Contact Point, William M Fitzpatrick, 0232.07, (215)697-3820, Fax, (215)697-3161, Twx, Not-avail, Contracting Officer, Susan I Stein, 0232.06, (215)697-1070 The subject item requires Government source approval prior to contract award, as the item is flight critical and /or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. Only the source(s) previously approved by the government for this item have been solicited. The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. If you are not an approved source you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in the U.S. Navy Aviation Supply Office Source Approval Information Brochure. This brochure identifies technical data required to be submitted based on your company's experience in production of the same or similar item, or if this is an item you have never made. This brochure can be obtained by calling A.S.O. at (215) 697-4243. If your request for source approval is currently being evaluated at ASO, submit with your offer a copy of the cover letter which forwarded your request for source approval. Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure or document previous submission of all data required by the Source Approval Brochure will not be considered for award under this solicitation. Please note, if evaluation of a source approval request submitted hereunder cannot be processed in time and/or approval requirements preclude the ability to obtain subject items in time to meet government requirements, award of the subject requirement may continue based on Fleet support needs. NSN 1R-5310-00-042-6597-SN, SPEC NR TDP VER 001, Ref Nr 5023T70P01, Qty 74 EA, Deliver to Us Naval Air Station Cecil Field FL, Contract 100 Percent Small Business Set Aside--OFFERORS PLEASE NOTE: DRAWINGS AND OTHER DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS SOURCE CONTROLLED PROCURMENT. --- The subject item requirs Government source approval prior to contract award, as the item is flight critical and/or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. Only the source(s) previously approved by the Government for this item have been solicited. The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. If you are not an approved source you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in the U.S. Naval Aviation Supply Office SOURCE APPROVAL BROCHURE. This brochure identifies technical data required tobe submitted based on your company's experience in production of the same or similar item, or, if this is an item you have never made, this brochure can be obtained by calling ASO at (215) 697-4243. If your request for source approval is currently being evaluated at ASO, submit with your offer a copy of the cover letter which forwarded your request for source approval. Offers received which fail to provide all data requird by the Source Approval Brochure or document previous submission of all data required by the Sourc Approval Brochure will not be considered for award under this solicitation.\ Please note, if evaluation of a source approval request submitted hereunder cannot be processed in time and/or approval requirements preclude the ability to obtain subject items in time to meet Government requirements, award of the subject requirement may continue based on fleet support needs.@@@">needs.@@@">needs.@@@, See Notes 22,23 (0158)

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