U.S. Army Aviation and Troop Command, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63120-179

15 -- BELL CRANK SOL DAAJ09-97-R-0198 DUE 013097 POC Mary Deutschmann, Contract Specialist, 314-263-0515, or June P. Tharp, Contracting Officer, 314-263-0800, FAX No. 9012. NSN: 1560-01-158-9685, P/N: 70400-08102-045, Quantity: 298 each, applicable to the UH-60 Aircraft. F.O.B. Destination with deliveries to Texarkana, TX, and New Cumberland, PA. When calling be prepared to state name, address and solicitation number. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. 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 solicitation. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Approved sources are The Purdy Corp., Manchester, CT, Rotair Industries Inc., Bridgeport, CT, TEK Precision Co. Ltd., Deer Park, NY and Seanair Machine Co., Farmingdale, NY. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. This requirement is currently unfunded. Award will be withheld pendingreceipt of sufficient funds. Authority and justification is FAR 6.302-1. Intended sources are listed above. See Note 26. (0354)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0149 19961223\15-0015.SOL)