Defense Supply Center Columbus, PO Box 16595, DSCC-PBAB, Columbus, OH 43216-6595

43 -- FILTER ELEMENT, FLUID SOL SPO740-98-R-1534 DUE 011099 POC Diane M. Weicksel/(614)692-3654/FAX:(614)692-4645 WEB: DSCC Solicitations on the Web, http://www.dscc.dla,mil/rfq. REFER TO NOTES: 22 AND 26. FILTER FLUID, ELEMENT, 4330-01-102-8896, PR: IQC98202000002, P/N: 7585476, EST. QTY. BASE YEAR: 2076 EA, VARIOUS QUANTITIES DELIVERED TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SPECIFICATIONS PLANS, OR DRAWINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THE PROPOSED PROCUREMENT WILL BE AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT (IQC) AND WILL CONTAIN AN OPTION TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT PERIOD ONE OR MORE TIMES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE TOTAL CONTRACT PERIOD SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE YEARS. THIS ACQUISITION IF FOR SUPPLIES FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT POSSESS COMPLETE, UNRESTRICTIVE, TECHNICAL DATA; THEREFORE, THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND CONTRACT WITH ONLY APPROVEDSOURCES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). APPROVED SOURCES ARE: PTI TECHNOLOGIES INC. -- 05228. WHILE PRICE MAY BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE EVALUATION OF OFFERS, THE FINAL AWARD DECISION WILL BE BASED UPON A COMBINATION OF PRICE, DELIVERY, PAST PERFORMANCE AND OTHER EVALUATION FACTORS AS DESCRIBED IN THE SOLICITATION. THIS NOTICE SERVES AS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF THE INTENT TO SOLICIT THE NSN FOR AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT WITH ONE BASE YEAR AND FOUR OPTION YEARS. THE ISSUE DATE WILL BE 13 JAN 99 AND THE CLOSING DATE WILL BE 10 FEB 99. THE ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE SOLICITATION IS GREATER THAN $100,000.00 AND THE SOLICITATION IS A WRITTEN SOLICITATION. COPIES OF THIS SOLICITATION ARE AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE ADDRESS ABOVE OR BY FAXING (614) 692-2262 AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLISHED IN THE CBD. VARIOUS INCREMENTS SOLICITED: range 1: 1 ea to 260 ea range 2: 261 ea to 779 ea range 3: 780 ea to 1298 ea range 4: 1299 ea and up Posted 12/07/98 (W-SN277778). (0341)

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