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16 -- BLADE, ROTARY WING SOL DAAJ09-96-Q-1588 DUE 093096 POC Kim Green, Contract Specialist, AMSAT-A-PLBE, 314-263-0790 or Ruth Williams, Contracting Officer, 314-263-0796. FAX 314-263-9012 or E-MAIL GreenK@acq.stl.army.mil. NSN: 1615-01-092-1256, P/N: 204-011-250-113, 470 each to be procured from Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. FOB origin with delivery of 470 each Texarkana, TX. Required delivery is 180 DAC. Authority and Justification is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). This proposed contract action is for supplies which cannot be procured through full and open competition because the authority cited states only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements (FAR 6.302-1). This is a Flight Safety Part and an Engineering Testing Item. This part can only be procured from approved and/or tested sources that have demonstrated the technical ability to produce this item, including possession of the necessary inspection/test equipment and manufacturing technology. Firms that recognize and can produce the required item described above are encouraged to identify themselves to the Contracting Officer and provide supporting evidence to the Contracting Officer which will permit their participation in the current or future solicitations. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0254)

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