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51 -- HAND TOOLS (PORTABLE TOOL BOXES) SOL 6FES-F5-980198-B DUE 031298 POC Georgann Butler (816) 926-5123 The Pre-Solicitation Notice (PSN) will be issued for the above-referenced solicitation on or about February 10, 1998. It is for commercially available portable tool boxes including mobile tool cabinets/chests, intermediate chests, top chests, side cabinets, and accessories. This will not be set-aside for small business. This is a Mutiple Award Schedule (MAS), indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, solicitation with variable contract periods of 5 years commencing on/or about May 1, 1998, or date of award. These items were previously purchased under Commercial Acquisition Multiple Product (CAMP) contracts. Any assigned national stock numbers (NSNs) will be cancelled and replaced by special item numbers (SINs). Attached to the PSN is a market survey to be completed by interested offerors and returned to the POC listed above. Please fax your request for PSN to (816) 926-3678. See numbered Note 12. (0353)

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