US Army Armament And Chemical Acquisition And Logistics Activity, (ACALA) Attn: AMSTA-AC-PCC (WW5), Rock Island, IL 61299-7630

25 -- TOWBAR, MOTOR VEHICLE SOL DAAE20-96B0098 DUE 052296 POC Contact the Contract Specialist: Carol Rivard (309)782-3272, procuring Contracting Officer is: Barry Hartleben (309)782-7116. 2540-00-653-1673, part number 6531673. Towbar assembly con-sisting of body forging arm 4130 steel, nuts and lunette towing ringt7, welds IAW MIL-STD-1261 inspected per MIL-Q-6868, phosphate coat ing requirement applies. Requirements are 41 EA towbar, motor VE-hicle. For use on the M101 howitzer. FOB is destination. MIL-I-45208 inspection criteria required. Proposed contract is a 100 percent small business set-aside. All or part of this action is an unfunded FY96 requirement. Estimated issue date of this solic itation is 042296. Effective 1 Oct 94 AMCCOM separated into two newcommands; the Industrial Operation Command (IOC) and the acqui sition chemical armament logistics activity (ACALA). It is imper-ative that special attention be Given when addressing requests for solicitations and BIDS/O ffers. Failure to properly address re-quests for solicitations in accordance with this CBD notice will re-sult in non-receipt of the Solicitation P ackage. Failure to prop-erly address BIDS/offers in accordance with Sol icitation instruc-tions may result in a late bid which cannot be consider Ed. Writ-Ten, FAX or electronic requests for Solicitation packages are accepted. NO telephone requests will be honored. Requests for copies of this Solicitation should include your Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) (if a CAGE Code has been assigned to you) along with your name, address, datafax number, and Solicitation number. The FAX number for requests is (309) 782-4728. Electronic requests may be accepted through the AMCCOM Acquisition Information System (AAIS). All AMCCOM solicitations are available forviewing/downloading, in addition to procurement history, via the AAIS. The AAIS can be accessed electronically, 24 hours a Day, utilizing a MODEM set to dial (309) 782-7648. Terminal emulation should be VT100, NO parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. Once connected, enter ''AAIS'' at the ''login'' prompt. At the ''password'' prompt depress the ''enter'' key. If electronic means is not possi-ble, procurement history will be provided telephonically at (309)782-8094 on a limited basis. (0089)

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