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

42 -- LIFE RAFT, 25 MAN, NSN 4220-00-242-9192LS, P/N 22D23585-105 SOL F41624-00-R-10047 DUE 062300 POC The Point of Contact is Alice P. Sanders, YALC, Phone: 210-536-4908, FAX: 210-536-4563, E-MAIL: alice.sanders@brooks.af.mil E-MAIL: Send your E-Mail request to the POC, alice.sanders@brooks.af.mil. Anticipate awarding a Firm Fixed Price Requirement Contract with two-one year options. Size/Dimension: Approximately 162" wide by 162" long. Form/Fit/Function: Provide aircrew passengers with life rafts, survival kit and signaling devices when emergency situations require aircraft egress over the ocean. Predominate material: Yellow, neoprene construction. Applicable: C5 Aircraft. Quantity: Basic Yr 129 ea, First Option Yr 30 ea and Second Option Yr 20 ea. Delivery: 5 ea within 120 days after receipt of order. Government Bid Sets/Drawings are not available. Approved Source: Air Cruisers Co (MFC 70167), The solicitation will be released on 19 May 00. Anticipated award date is 31 July 2000. No telephone requests. Only written or faxed requests received directly from the requestor are acceptable. Buyer's name (point of contact) should be included on all solicitation requests. In addition, please include a FSCM/CAGE Code for mailing purposes. All potential offerors should contact the buyer/PCO identified inthis 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) 22,26 Posted 05/04/00 (D-SN451488). (0125)

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