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No telephone requests will be accepted. Direct your requests and communication to: ATTN: DLA-AHAB, Christopher Leonard, Contract Specialist, via e-mail: christopher.leonard@dla.mil. For request for solicitation, provide your name, the company name and Cage Code and a telephone number. PRON: AX1F6081AX: The Government proposes to acquire on a 5 Year Requirements Type, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract, with a guaranteed minimum quantity of 200 each and with a total estimated annual demand of 350 each of a SUPPORT, SHOCK STRUT; NSN: 1620-01-535-3515; Part Number: 1168100-509 applicable to the BJ AH-64 APACHE weapon system.

Production Lead Time with First Article Testing is 540 Days After Contract Award (DACA) with deliveries to Tracy, CA, 95304-5000. Production Lead Time (PLT) without First Article Testing is 360 DACA and with deliveries to Tracy, CA 95304-5000. This item is restricted to GOODRICH CORPORATION CAGE: 13002 (SOLICIT CAGE: 6K4C8) THE BOEING COMPANY CAGE: 8V613The technical data for this part has undergone full screening per the DFARS PGI 217.7506, Spare Parts Breakout Program. The assigned AMC/AMSC is 1Q. This item is suitable for competitive acquisition for the second or subsequent time from the indicated approved source(s) of supply. The Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both needed to purchase this part from additional sources. The Government has been unable to economically buy the data or rights to data, Although the part has been undergoing full screening for 12 or more months.

Breakout to competition has not been achieved, but current, continuing actions to obtain necessary rights to data or adequate, re-procurement technical data indicate breakout to competition is expected to be achieved. The data needed to acquire this part competitively is not physically available, it cannot be obtained economically, nor is it possible to draft adequate specifications or any other adequate, economical description of the material for a competitive solicitation. As a result, this acquisition is currently being procured under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2) having only a limited number of responsible sources. All offerors must meet prequalification requirements in order to be eligible for award. Firms that recognize and can produce the required item described above are encouraged to identify themselves.

Firms are encouraged to seek source approval to compete for future solicitations by emailing inquiries to: usarmy.redstone.ccdc-avmc.mbx.ame-sar@mail.mil All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered by the Agency. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release for solicitation; however, the solicitation will not close prior to the date stated above. Foreign Firms are reminded that all requests for solicitation must be processed through their respective embassies.