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16 -- MULTIPLE YEAR CONTRACTING: ONE YEAR REQUREMENTS CONTRACT WITH 2 (TWO) SINGLE ONE-YEAR OPTIONS FOR A C-9 CANOPY RELEASE SOL F41624-99-R-1112 DUE 070799 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 Proposal (RFP) for a 1 (One) year Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) Requirements Contract, with two single one-year options for a "C-9 Canopy Assembly" to Irvin Aerospace Ltd. of Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. BE ADVISED THAT THIS REQUREMENTS CONTRACT (OR ANY DELIVERY ORDERS THERETO) WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNLESS AND UNTIL THE VALIDITY OF THE "C-9 CANOPY ASSEMBLY" IS VERIFIED UNDER A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED UNSOLICITED RESEARCH PROPOSAL, IN WHICH ARTICLES ARE TESTED FOR SUITABILITY. NOUN: C-9 Canopy Assembly NSN: 1760-NC-D01-9429LS P/N: 11-153 Size: 28 Foot Round Canopy Predominate Material: Nylon with 28 suspension lines, connector links, risers, and steering lanyards Function: Personnel recovery parachute canopy fully compatable with the current USAF ACES II Ejection System Applicability: ACES II Canopy Release Assembly Delivery: If a Requirements Contract is awarded, delivery of items will be 120 days After Receipt of Order (ARO) with First Article Production Items (2ea., (est)) and a Textile Sample (5 (five) yards of cloth, 1 cord or 40 yards of webbing, and 1 (one) spool of thread) required for each Delivery Order issued (entailing different production runs). Each First Article and Textile Sample will undergo destructive testing and are not a part of the Delivery Order Production Ordering Quantity (BEQ). Destination: Various United States Air Force (USAF) Installations Quantity: 1st year Best Estimated Quantity (BEQ) 3199 ea., 2nd (Option) year BEQ 1200 ea., 3rd (Option)Year BEQ 1200 ea., Total BEQ is 5,599 ea. Anticipated/Estimated Award Date is after the closing date but no later that 31 Jul 99. Written procedures will be used for this pending acquisition. No telephone requests please. Only written or faxed requests submitted directly from the requestor will be entertained. All bids or proposals submitted by responsible sources will be entertained. Notes: 22,26 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. See Note(s) 26 Posted 05/21/99 (D-SN334538). (0141)

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