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93 -- NPM/HDR FAIRING, FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TEST PROGRAM SOL N65540-96-R-0016 DUE 071696 POC B. Reppert, Contract Specialist, 215-897-7644. THE NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, CARDEROCK DIVISION, PHILADELPHIA INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS WITH GEC MARCONI OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, A FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACT, TO PROVIDE TWO (2) NPM/HDR MAST FAIRING ASSEMBLIES. AS DESIGNATED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSES' FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TEST PROGRAM (FCTP), AND APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, GEC MARCONI HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE CONTRACTOR TO BE UTILIZED FOR THIS FCTP. FOB DESTINATION, PHILADELPHIA. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0151)

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