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16 -- DRAG BRACE LANDING SOL F42630-96-R-61805 01 POC For copy, PKX-2/Pamala Chaffee/(FAX)801-777-7522, For additional information contact Debbie Allred/Likl/(801)777-6011 Amended, Change solicitation number to F42630-96-Q-61805. Delete the following statements: Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304 (C)(1), and The proposed contract action is for supplies and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one, or a limited number of sources under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A Determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Delete: It is suggested that small business firms or others interested in subcontracting opportunities in connection with the described procurement make contact with the firm(s) listed; and Specifications, plans, or drawing relating to the procurement described are incomplete or not available and cannot be furnished by the Government. Add the following statement: This part required engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition of the part from the approved source(s). The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jrisdiction over the part in the intended application. (0325)

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