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15 -- RUDDER,AIRCRAFT SOL N0038399QA237 DUE 071399 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Point, Alan M Rodgers, 0223.07, (215)697-2563, Fax, (215)697-3161, Twx, Not-avail NSN 7R-1560-99-438-5708-SR, IAW Ref Nr 75A240001-1013, Qty 2 EA, Delivery FOB Origin -- NOTE: The U.S. Naval Inventory Control Point-Philadelphia does not have manufacturing-level drawings of the required spares item. Item solicited is the RUDDER unit of the AV-8B aircraft -- it is a safety-of-flight/mission-critical item which must be manufactured in strict conformance with the drawings and specifications of theoriginal designer and current manufacturer: British Aerospace, Samlesbury Aerodrome, Lancashire, UK. Interested parties are diredted to British Aerospace to ascertain cost and availability of drawings, or, subcontracting opportunities. See also note #26. The subject item requires Government source approval prior to contract award, as the item is flight critical and/or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. Only the source(s) previously approved by the government for this item have been solicited. The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. If you are not an approved source you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in the http://www.navicp.navy.mil/prodserv/source/source.htm U.S. Navy Aviation Supply Office Source Approval Information Brochure. This brochure identifies technical data required to be submitted based on your company's experience in production of the same or similiar item, or if this is an item you have never made. This brochure can be obtained by calling NAVICP-P at (215) 697- 4243. If your request for source approval is currently being evaluated at NAVICP-P, submit with your offer a copy of the cover letter which forwarded your request for source approval. Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure or document previous submission of all data required by the Source Approval Brochure will not be considered for award under this solicitation. Please note, if evaluation of a source approval request submitted hereunder cannot be processed in time and/ or approval requirements preclude the ability to obtain subject items in time to meet government requirements, award of the subject requirement may continue based on Fleet support needs. The NAVICP Commercial Item Identification Brochure and information regarding the Submission of Market Research Data is now available at: http://www.navicp.navy.mil/07/home073.htm http://www.navicp.navy.mil/07/home073.htm, See Note 22 (ACAVI0603006-013) Posted 06/04/99 (I-SN338830). (0155)

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