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16 -- BRU-32B/A AND BRU-32A/A EJECTOR BOMB RACKS SOL N00421-98-R-1061 DUE 070298 POC Rebecca Fratz, (301)757-5212 E-MAIL: Fratz_Rebecca%Pax9B@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL, Fratz_Rebecca%Pax9B@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. The Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD has a requirement for the acquisition of BRU-32 B/A and BRU-32 A/A Ejector Bomb Racks (P/N's 1534AS100, 1534AS5000, and 1534AS7000) with associated hooks and technical data for the F/A-18E/F and F/A-18C/D aircraft. Under Title 10, U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only one or more responsible source(s), Solicitation N00421-98-R-1061 will be issued to Klune Industries, Inc., Spanish Fork, UT and Lucas Aerospace Cargo Systems, Jamestown, ND for FY98 and FY99 requirements since they are currently the only formally qualified sources of the BRU-32. Approximately seventy-seven (77) P/N 1534AS7000 and two-hundred ten (210) P/N 1534AS7000 are required in the base and first option years, respectively. Each of these contract years will include options to order additional quantities, not to exceed four-hundred twenty-three (423) bomb racks in total. Required delivery will begin at an approximate rate of twenty-six (26) bomb racks per month on 01 July 1999. Qualification procedures include production of first article test units and successfully undergoing first article testing and analysis. These qualification procedures are expected to take approximately twenty (20) months. Unqualified sources are encouraged to participate in the full and open competition for the FY00 through FY03 requirements identified in Solicitation N00421-98-R-1194. See Numbered Note(s) 22, 26. (0138)

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