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16 -- HEAT EXCHANGER SOL N0038398R0041 DUE 042498 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Point, Ruth H Hinton, 0225.06, (215)697-2030, Fax, (215)697-3746 NSN 7R-1660-00-385-2834, Ref Nr 188440-21, Qty 115 EA, Deliver to Defense Distribt'n Depot San Diego San Diego CA 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 (a href="http://www.navicp.navy.mil/ prodserv/source/source.htm") U.S. Navy Aviation Supply Office Source Approval Information Brochure.(/a) This brochure identifies technical data required to be submitted based on your company's experience in production of the same or similiar 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 letter which 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. This synopsis represents repair requirements for a Heat Exchanger used on the S-3 aircraft. These requirements will be filled by placement of a long term Requirements contract which will be for a period of 5 years (3 year base period with 2 one year options). The solicitation will be competitive between theonly two approved sources for this repair effort, Allied Signal, Tempe, AZ (02LU7) and Airepair International, Tulsa,OK (7Y364). Only these sources are approved to perform the needed repairs. If any sources are interested in becoming approved for future repairs to this item, you may contact the NAVICP Source Development Division (0731) at (215) 697-1198. There are no drawings available., See Note 22 (ACAVI0304008-029) (0063)

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