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16 -- TUBE CUTTER KIT SOL N68335-00-R-0390 DUE 060100 POC Keith Davis (732)323-2243 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via, DAVISKP@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, NJ (NAWCADLKE) intends to enter into sole source negotiations with Tri Tool, Inc. for the acquisition of six (6) Tube Cutter Kits P/N 05-1354. Required delivery is 01 September 2000. The item is a modified Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Non-Developmental-Item (NDI) used in support of Organization Level maintenance of the MV-22 aircraft. The Tube Cutter Kit is a self-contained set of tools and accessories designed to cut aircraft hydraulic tubing. The set includes a pneumatic drive, 18" flexible drive, tube cutters (sizes 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 10, 12, and 16), maintenance tools, and spare cutting wheels. These components are housed in a case. The cutting heads are manufactured from aluminum and hardened tool steel. This tube cutting set is capable of cutting tubing of the following materials: carbon steel, low alloy steel, chrome steel, chrome/molly alloys, stainless steel, titanium, inconel, copper, aluminum, and copper nickel alloys. The Government does not own data rights to the Tube Cutting Set P/N 05-1354. NAWCADLKE intends to procure this service under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) as implemented in FAR 6.302-1. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit a proposal, which may be used by the Government in determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to open their requirement to competition is based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. SEE NUMBERED Note 22 Posted 05/17/00 (W-SN455702). (0138)

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