311 HSW/311 HSW/YACL; 7909 Lindbergh Dr, Bldg 578, Brooks AFB,TX 78235-5352

16 -- PROCUREMENT OF PROTOTYPE TEST SAMPLES; PARACHUTE CANOPY RELEASE IN RESPONSE TO A H. KOCH AND SONS UNSOLICITED RESEARCH PROPOSAL SOL F41624-99-R-1104 DUE 062299 POC The Point of Contact is Stephen S. Kelly, 311 HSW/YACL, Phone: (210) 536-4538, FAX: (210) 536-4563, E-MAIL: stephen.kelly@hermes.brooks.af.mil E-MAIL: Send your E-Mail request to the POC, stephen.kelly@hermes.brooks.af.mil. 311 HSW/YACL plans to issue a sole source Request for Quotation (RFQ) to verify an Unsolicited Research Proposal (URP) submitted by H. Koch and Sons for a parachute canopy release device with enhanced lifesaving capabilities to facilitate the aircrew members' ability to disengage the parachute canopy. See Note 22. 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 Brooks AFB Acquisition Ombudsman, Stephen Plaisted at (937) 255-9005 or send E-Mail to: stephen.plaisted@ascsy.wpafb.af.mil. Buyer's name (point of contact listed above) should be included on all solicitation requests. In addition, please include a FSCM/cage code for mailing purposes. See Note(s) 26 Posted 05/06/99 (D-SN328658). (0126)

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