59--ELECTRON TUBES AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE

Travelling Wave Tube, Low Pwr; NSN: 5960-01-472-9115; PN: 11472533-1; Qty.: 15 ea.; for the PATRIOT Weapon system; FOB SOURCE, with delivery to Fort Bliss, TX. Formal communication related to this acquisition should be directed to James Simms, Contract Specialist at contact@example.gov. No telephone requests will be accepted. Please include solicitation number and your direct contact information, i.e., e-mail address, mailing address, and telephone number. This item is limited source to COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES, INC., Cage Code 0MH33, and TRITON SERVICES, INC., Cage Code 20948 This part must be acquired from a manufacturing source(s) specified on a source control or selected item drawing as defined by the current version of DoD-STD-100 Suitable technical data, Government data rights, or manufacturing knowledge are not available to permit acquisition from other sources, nor qualification testing of another part, nor use of a second part in the intended application. Adequate technical data is available for this acquisition. 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 in order to compete for future solicitations by accessing the website www.redstone.army.mil/cmo/ and looking under Standard Aviation and Missile Source Approval Request (SAMSAR). 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. THIS ACQUISITION CONTAINS DATA THAT CANNOT BE RELEASED EXCEPT TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. NO DOCUMENTATION IS BEING RELEASED WITH THIS SOLICITATION. ACQUISITION DOCUMENTATION IS SOLE SOURCE TO THE RESTRICTED SOURCE OF SUPPLY. NOTE 22: The proposed contract action is for supplies or services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.