14--Tube-Launched Optically-Tracked Wire-Guided (TOW) Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) Binocular Assemblies, Eyecup Assemblies, and Tiedown Straps Requirements.

NA TOW ITAS Binocular Assemblies, Eyecup Assemblies, and Tiedown Straps Requirements. The U.S. Army is contemplating a sole source procurement of the TOW ITAS Binocular Assemblies, Army Part Number (APN) 13549453, Eyecup Assemblies, APN 13557479, and Tiedown Straps, APN MS3367-3-0, from Raytheon Systems Company (RSC), McKinney, TX. The requirement consists of the supply of 20 each TOW ITAS Binocular Assemblies, 20 each TOW ITAS Eyecup Assemblies, and 40 each TOW ITAS Tiedown Straps. This procurement will co ntain or require access to both classified and unclassified data, and data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C. Sec 2751 et seq) or the Export Administration Act (Title 50, U.S.C. App 2401-2402). Foreign industry may participate at the subcontractor level in relation to the TOW ITAS prime contractor, RSC. Subcontracting opportunities must be arranged between the prime contractor and any potential subcontractors. Foreign industry and/or non-U.S. citizens desiring a c opy of the releasable portion of the solicitation must submit an official request through their respective embassy, Washington D.C., to HQDA, ATTN: DAMI-POC. Foreign-owned, controlled, or influenced (FOCI) entities desiring a copy of the releasable porti on of the TOW ITAS requirement for the Binocular Assemblies, Eyecup Assemblies, and Tiedown Straps MUST SUBMIT an official request to the U. S. Army Aviaition and Missile Command, ATTN: AMSAM-SI-SD, REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL 35898; however, release is not gua ranteed. Requests from foreign industry and/or FOCI entities received by any other means will not be honored. Release date for this requirement is April 2003. THIS SYNOPSIS IS FOR NOTIFICATION OF SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES O NLY.