COMMANDING OFFICER, ATTN NAVFAC CONTRACTS OFFICE CODE 27, NCBC 1000 23RD AVE, PORT HUENEME, CA 93043-4301

23 -- ARTICULATED LOADERS WITH FORKLIFT SOL N47408-98-R-3906 DUE 122997 POC PROCUREMENT TECHNICIAN, FUSAKO WINCHESTER, 805-982-3935 The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is interested in obtaining technical information and costs (including lease costs and schedules) from any industrial source for articulated loaders with forklift and other attachments which can enter standard 8x8x20 ft ISO containers. It is desired that the loader shall have a forklift attachment capacity from 2,000 lbs to 4,000 lbs at a load center of 24 inches. The loader will be required to operate on unprepared surfaces and rough terrain. The articulated loader with forklift attachment will be used to unstuff ammunition containers and for loading pallets onto trailer chassis. It is desired that the articulated loader with forklift attachments be air transportable as an internal load in the MV-22 aircraft. The maximum weight for this loader is 18,000 lbs. It is desired that the loader weight less than 10,000 lbs. Technology related to attachment capabilities, self diagnostics, controls, ease of maintenance are issues of interest. In the future, the Marine Corps may lease an articulated loader with forklift attachment for technical evaluation. Interested potential sources are requested to send a letter of interest and capability, along with brochures and other descriptive literature to the NAVFAC Contracts Office by Dec.29, 1997. This is not a request for proposal, and no contract will be awarded on the basis of the responses hereto, or any follow up information subsequently solicited. The Marine Corps will not reimburse costs incurred by prospective sources while acting to satisfy this request. Please submit all information to the Naval Facilities Command Contracts Office, Atth: Fusako Winchester, Code 2726, Bldg 41, NCBC, 1000 23rd Avenue, Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4301. (0337)

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