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14 -- MECHANISM ASSY SOL N0038397YTC03 DUE 043097 POC Contact Point, Rosemary A Devlin, 0235.03, (215)697-5976, Fax, (215)697-3161 The subject item requires Government source approval prior to contract award, as the item is flight critical and /or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. Only the source(s) previously approved by the government for this item have been solicited. The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. If you are not an approved source you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in the U.S. Navy Aviation Supply Office Source Approval Information Brochure. This brochure identifies technical data required to be submitted based on your company's experience in production of the same or similar item, or if this is an item you have never made. This brochure can be obtained by calling NAVICP-P at (215) 697-4243. If your request for source approval is currently being evaluated at NAVICP-P, submit with your offer a copy of the cover letterwhich forwarded your request for source approval. Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure or document previous submission of all data required by the Source Approval Brochure will not be considered for award under this solicitation. Please note, if evaluation of a source approval request submitted hereunder cannot be processed in time and/or approval requirements preclude the ability to obtain subject items in time to meet government requirements, award of the subject requirement may continue based on Fleet support needs. NSN 1R-1440-01-413-3910, Ref Nr 58A164D810-3, Qty 250, Deliver to Defense Distribution Depot (sb3106) Norfolk VA, Defense Distribt'n Depot San Diego San Diego CA -- -- - Solicitation is for the repair/overhaul/modification and reporting effort of Mechanism Assembly, in support of the LAU7 Guided Missile system. The proposed contract will be as a Requirements contract, for two base years, plus three one-year options. The quantities estimated for repair/overhaul/modification are 250 for each year. NOTE that THESE QUANTITIES are the Government's BEST ESTIMATE at this time. This item is considered critical to safety of flight, and is therefore limited to companies with prior engineering source approval for this item., See Note 22 (0056)

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