U.S. Army Aviation and Troop Command, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63120

30 -- COUPLING CLAMP SOL DAAJ09-97-Q-0126 DUE 111596 POC Kim Green, Procurement Clerk, AMSAT-A-PLBE, 314-263-0790/Pamela Moran, Contracting Officer, 314-263-0782/FAX 314-263-9012 or E-MAIL greenk@acq.stl.army.mil. NSN: 3010-00-957-6866, P/N: 204-040-811-001, 2,038 each to be procured from Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. FOB Origin with delivery of 577 each to Texarkana, TX; 538 each to New Cumberland, PA; and 923 to Lathrop, CA. Required delivery is 180 DAC. Authority and Justification is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2), FAR 6.302-2 Unusual and Compelling Urgency. This item is a Flight Safety Part. This requirement 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. (0309)

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