U.S. Army Soldier Systems Command, Acquisition Directorate, Attn: AMSSC-AD, Natick, MA 01760-5011

84 -- CLOTHING, INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT AND INSIGNIA SOL DAAD16-99-R-0004 DUE 022599 POC Contracting Officer, Mike Winn, 508-233-4125 E-MAIL: mwinn@natick-amed02.army.mil, mwinn@natick-amed02.army.mil. MODIFICATION/NOTICE:: HELMET, LIGHTWEIGHT MARINE CORPS. The U.S. Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center, on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps, previously published an announcement on about 25 November 1998, regarding the Marine Corps' requirement for Lightweight Helmets. Subsequent to this announcement the Office of the Secretary of Defense notified the Natick Contracting Division of the U.S. Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center that the Secretary of Defense was CONSIDERING whether or not to make a formal determination that would allow the use of foreign-source (Qualifying Country) Para-Aramid Fibers and Yarns in end items being procured by the Department of Defense. Such a determination would be made pursuant to Section 807 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (P.L. 105-261). For more information regarding the POSSIBLE SecDef determination, see Federal Register Volume 64, No. 10, dated Friday, January 15, 1999. PLEASE NOTE THAT, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THE DETERMINATION HAS NOT BEEN MADE. This modification/notice is published to bring the determination to the attention of possible foreign sources, and to comply with the requirements of DFARS 205.203. For additional information regarding the Marine Corps' requirement for lightweight helmets, see the previous 25 November 1998 CBD announcement or our web page WWW-SSCOM.ARMY.MIL***** Posted 02/03/99 (W-SN294013). (0034)

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