US Army Armament And Chemical Acquisition And Logistics Activity (ACALA) Attn: AMSTA-AC-PC, Rock Island, IL 61299-7630

10 -- BARREL ASSY AND BREECH BOLTS SOL DAAE20-99-R-0158 POC Roxanne Sprugetis 309 782-4886 DESC: Barrel Assy and Bolt Breech NSN 1005-01-146-7684 and 1005-01-422-3770, Part Numbers 9349124 and 12972691 Requirements are 5000 Barrels and 7000 Bolt Breech. FOB is Origin . For use on the M16 Rifle. Estimated issue date is 18 Jun 99. As authorized by Title 10 USC 2473, as amended by PL 105-261, the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 limits procurement to firms comprising the small arms production industrial base. This acquisition will be restricted to 3 vendors: Colts's, Saco, and FN Mfg Inc. See Note 26. This solicitation will be issued electronically in accordance with FAR 4.501, 5.102(a)(7) and 14.205-1(c) therefore hardcopies will not be provided. Vendors wishing an electronic copy may download it on or after the issue date by accessing the following address via the internet: http://aais.ria.army.mil/aais/SOLINFO/index.htm. CAUTION: This solicitation will be issued electronically as will any amendments thereto. Because of this, the Government is under no obligation and is in fact unable to maintain a bidders mailing list. It is therefore incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access the above internet address in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for bid opening/receipt of proposals may render your bid or proposal nonresponsive and result in the rejection of same. This solicitation incorporates a Technical Data Package (TDP) that cannot be provided via the internet. Vendors who need this TDP in order to prepare a bid or proposal are instructed to request same by submission of an email request to: tdpdist@ria.army.mil. A non disclosure agreement must be executed before the TDP is released. Any said requests should contain the following information; CAGE Code (if available), Company Name, Point of Contact (optional), Street Address, City, State, Zip Code, Telephone Number. A TDP will be provided by normal mail after the solicitation has been released to the internet, and execution of a non disclosure agreement. Posted 06/01/99 (W-SN337525). (0152)

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