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

10 -- GRIP, ASSY, BUFFER SOL DAAE20-96R0163 DUE 091296 POC Contact the Contract Specialist: Brenda Boyd (309)782-4066, procuring Contracting Officer is: Brian Schmidt (309)782-8490. 1005-01-251-9692, part number 12597057. Grip assy, buffer is ahighly complex item for M240E1 machine gun, consisting of approx-imately 27 parts formed in 7 subassemblies consisting of casting, forgings, moldings and machine parts. Three part Numbers in the TDP are source controlled drawings. Three weldments are required. Two inspection gages are required to be built by the contractor. Re quirements are 63 EA grip, assy, buffer. For use on the M240E1 MA chine gun. FOB is destination. MIL-I-45208 inspection criteria required. First article test is required. All or part of this action is an unfunded FY96 requirement. Estimated issue date of this so-licitation is 081296. Effective 1 Oct 94 AMCCOM separated into two new commands; the Industrial Operation Command (IOC) and the AC-quisition chemical armament logistics activity (ACALA). It is IM-perative 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. Written, 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 possible, procurement history will be provided telephonically at (309)782-8094 on a limited basis. (0204)

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