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15 -- TRAILING EDGE-MRBR SOL DAAH2399R0273 DUE 063099 POC Mark Fosdick, Contract Specialist or Howard Uptain, Contracting Officer NSN: 1615-01-425-6551, P/N: 7-311412913-901, Quantity 100 each, in accordance with The Boeing Company/MDHS Part Number 7-311412913-901 applicable to the AH-64 Aircraft. FOB Origin with a qty. 100 to Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, TX 75507-5000. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. This requirement is restricted to the following approved sources. The Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, Mesa, AZ and ALCOA Composites, Inc., Composite Structure Div., 801 Royal Oaks Dr., Monrovia, CA 91016. Authority and Justification is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1). This proposed contractual action is for supplies which cannot be procured through full and open competition because the authority cited states only a limited number of responsible sources and no other suppliesor services will satisfy the Agency requirement, FAR 6.302-1. To obtain this solicitation package, send a fax to the buyer shown above at 256-955-9220, be sure to include company name, telephone number and solicitation number. Firms that recognize and can produce the required item described above are encouraged to identify themselves to the Contracting Officer, and provide supporting evidence which will permit their participation in the current or future solicitations. Firms are encouraged to seek source approval in order to complete for future solicitations by accessing the website www.redstone, army.mil./cmo/ and looking under CSL or SAR information. This requirement is currently unfunded. Award will be withheld pending receipt of sufficient funds. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Note 22, 23, &26. Posted 05/18/99 (W-SN332662). (0138)

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