53--Packing and Gasket Materials

NA Seal Assembly: NSN 5330-01-230-1689; P/N 12344522. Consists of: Ring 12343921 and Spring 12343920. SOURCE CONTROL DRAWING to Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Garden Grove, CA., or Busak & Shamban Inc., Fort Wayne, IN. Qualification procedures are avai lable for this item. Award will be made only if the offeror, product/service, or manufacturer meets qualification requirement at time of award, in accordance with FAR clause 52.209-1. The solicitation identifies the office where additional information ca n be obtained concerning qualification requirements. POC for qualification procedures is Ray Brands, email address: contact@example.gov. Contract Specialist is Celeste Hobert, email address: contact@example.gov. Requirements are 625 each. For use o n the M1A1 Tank. FOB is DESTINATION. The proposed contract will include a 100% option for one year after award of contract. All or part of this action is an unfunded FY2004 requirement. Estimated issue date is 10 DEC 2003. This solicitation will be is sued electronically in accordance with FAR 4.502 and 5.102, therefore hard copies will not be provided. Vendors wishing an electronic copy may download it on or after the issue date accessing the following address via the internet: https://aais.ria.army. mil/aais/SOLINFO/index.htm. CAUTION: Because this solicitation and any amendments will be issued electronically, the Government is under no obligation and is in fact unable to maintain a bidders mailing list. It is therefore incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access the above internet address in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for bid opening/receipt of proposals may render y our bid or proposal nonresponsive and result in the reject of the same.