USDA, Forest Service, Lolo National Forest, Attn: Contracting, Building 24, Fort Missoula, Missoula, MT 59801

43 -- MARK III PUMP REPLACEMENT PARTS Sol R1-16-96-447 due 020896. Contact Point, Audrey Boller, 406/329-3764, Contracting Officer, Joan A. McNab, 406/329-3766. The Forest Service requires replacement parts for Mark III Pumps at the Aerial Fire Depot, Missoula, MT. Delivery will be FOB origin and scheduled for March 1996. This acquisition is by means other than full and open competition under the authority 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one responsible bidder. Procurement is intended with Wajax Pacific Fire Equipment, Inc., Seattle, WA in March 1996. Contract time is one calendar year with options to renew for two additional one-year periods. Interested parties may respond by submitting a written proposal concerning their capabilities by February 8, 1996 and refer to R1-16-96-447. See Note 22. (317)

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