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

30 -- CLUTCH ASSY SOL DAAE20-96QW783 DUE 092396 POC Contact the Contract Specialist: Joe Spratt (309)782-6759, procuring Contracting Officer is: Allen Hale (309)782-6736. 3010-01-257-4237, part number 12524146. Clutch assy-an alloy gear 34.6MM dia. By 49.9 Long with bearing and 2 flat Stock springsinstalled to complete the assy. A license agreement between Hughes Helicopter and the US requires the items procured to be manufacturedin the US. US means the 50 States and the district of Columbia. The successful offeror under this Solicitation agrees to manufacturethe items, being procured under this contract, within the US. Re-quirements are 169 EA clutch assy. For use on the M242. FOB isdestination. Requirement must be manufactured in the US. 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 082196. Effective 1 Oct 94 AMCCOM separated into two newcommands; the Industrial Operation Command (IOC) and the Acquisition 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 result 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 AC-cepted. 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 theaais. 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 con-nected, 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. (0214)

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