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16 -- HOSE ASSEMBLY, ANTI-SIPHON SOL F41608-98-R-44011 DUE 011199 POC The Point of Contact is Julia Harlow, LPKAF, Phone: (210)925-6566, FAX: (210)925-8496 WEB: SA-ALC, Kelly AFB Business Opportunities, http://www.kelly-afb.org/links/proc/index.html. E-MAIL: Send your E-Mail request to the POC, jharlow@lpgate1.kelly.af.mil. Supply: Hose Assemply, anti-siphon; NSN: 4720-01-442-5821PT; P/N: 4086054 or A49182-1; QTY: 830; UOI: EA. Solicitation to be issued will be for a three year requirement contract. This first year is the basic, then two option years. The following are the BEQ's (Best Estimate of Quantities) for each year: Year 1 (basic): 285 each; Year 2 (option year 1): 295 each; Year 3 (option year 2): 290 each. Solicitation is expected to be issued approximately 7 Dec 1998. Government-furnished drawings are not available. To be eligible for award, offerors must be approved sources. The Government is not required to delay contract award pending Source Approval Requests (SARs). Offerors are encouraged to submit SARs as soon as possible. If the Government has not completed review of the SAR when the contract is awarded, it will be retained and the Source will be reviewed for possible source approval for future awards. TO: United Technologies, Pratt and Whitney,East Hartford, CT and Stratoflex, Inc., Ft Worth, TX. Authority: 10 USC 2304 (C)(1). Justification: Supplies and services required are available from only a limited number of responsible sources and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. All potential offerors should contact the buyer/PCO identified in this notice for additional information and/or to communicate concerns, if any, concerning this acquisition. If your concerns are not satisfied by the contracting officer, an Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of an acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or Contracting Officer, but communicates Contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentially as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call the SA-ALC Acquisition Ombudsman at AC 210-925-5133 or send E-Mail to: ombudsman@www.kelly-afb.org. See Note(s) 22,23,26 Posted 11/16/98 (D-SN271726). (0320)

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