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48 -- VALVE,SHUTTLE SOL sp074000r3925 DUE 081400 POC C.Offenburger 614-692-4744 Fax 614-693-1603 IQC99292000008,NSN 48200101580006,valve,shuttle.Garkenyon Technologies LLC (26044)P/N 92440,Northrop Grumman Corp (26512)P/N 160C633008-1.Deliver 30 days after award.All responsible sources may submit an offer/quote which shall be considered.See Note 26.This solicitation is an RFP or IFB and will be available on the Internet at http://dibbs.dscccols.com/Rfp on its issue date of 07/06/00.Hard copies of this solicitation are not available.Estimated quantity for the base year is 212 each,various quantities deliver to various locations.Specifications,plans or drawings are not available.The proposed procurement will be an Indefinite Quantity Contract(IQC)and will contain an option to extend the contract period one or more times at the discretion of the government.The total shall not exceed 4 years.This acquisition is for supplies for which the government does not possess complete,unrestricted technical data.This is an unrestricted acquisition.While price may be a significant factor in the evaluation of offers,the final award decision will be based upon a combination of price,delivery,past performance and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation.Although offers will be evaluated based on their proposal for the quarterly forcast demand of 53,they are invited and strongly encouraged to indicate any quantity ranges and associtated price breaks they wish to include as part of their offer.These ranges and price breaks may or may not be accepted based on the sole discretion of the government. Posted 06/21/00 (W-SN466859). (0173)

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