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

15 -- TANK, FUEL, AIRCRAFT SOL DAAJ09-97-R-0277 DUE 031797 POC John Heilman, Contract Specialist, (314) 263-0741 or Beverly Ratliff, Contracting Officer, (314) 263-0769. NSN: 1560-00-176-1249, P/N: 205-062-635-11 or -105. The Government intends to issue a Indefinite Delivery Indefinitie Quantity, Firm Fixed Price Type Contract with five consecutive ordering periods. The minimum quantity is 120 each the maximum quantity is 500 each. Delivery will be FOB Destination for the first ordering period and FOB Origin for the subsequent ordering periods. Applicable to the UH-l Aircraft. Required delivery with First Article Testing is 15 each 240 DACA. Required delivery without First Article Test is 15 each 150 DACA. This procurement requires prequalification. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Justification for other than full and open competition is FAR 6.302-1, Only One Source or Only a Limited Number of Responsible Sources. This proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government does not have specifications and drawings to permit full and open competition. Approved Sources are: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, American Fuel Cell and Coated Fabrics Co., Magnolia, AR, and Engineered Fabrics Corporation, Rockmart, GA. The time required for approval of new supplies is such that award and delivery cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. Firms are encouraged to seek source approval in order to compete for future solicitations IAW the instructions contained in Section L of the solicitation. Information on meeting of qualifications may also be obtained from ATCOM, ATTN: AMSAT-R-EB. Subject to availability of funds. No telephone requests will be accepted. You may fax your request ATTN: AMSAT-A-PLBB, John Heilman Contract Specialist, on 314-263-9012. Numbered Notes 22 and 23 apply. The principle medium which the Government will use for technical data transmittal during this procurement is the 4.75 inch diameter compact disk with embedded reader software. Windows 3.1, or Windows NT operating environment and a CD Reader are required. (0034)

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