25--NOUN: Steel Final Drive Flange, QUANTITY: 70 each left, 70 each right NSN: 2520-01-499-0901/2 Left/Right, VEHICLE SYSTEM: M9 ACE

NA a. Status of the Drawing: THE DESIGN HAS NOT YET BEEN DEEMED STABLE. SIMILARLY, THE DRAWING PACKING IS NOT YET FULLY DEFINED.SINCE THE DRAWING IS NOT YET FULLY DEFINED, IT IS BY DEFINITION NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION. PROCUREMENT OF THIS ITEM IS RESTRICTED TO LOC PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS UNTIL THE APM CONSIDERS THE DESIGN STABLE. ALL OTHER SOURCES WOULD REQUIRE EXTENSIVE PRE-QUALIFICATION TESTS, WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFINED. GIVEN THE SIZE AND CRITICAL NATURE OF THE APRON, THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT AFFORD THE POTENTIAL OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL RISK OF PROCURING FROM ANOTHER SOURCE AT THIS TIME. UPON DELIVERY OF THE TECHNICAL DATA FROM LOC PERFORMANCE, REVIEW OF DRAWINGS, ACCUMULATION OF SUFFICIENT FIELD USE TO VERIFY THE DESIGN, AND INCORPORATION O F ANY REQUIRED DESIGN CHANGES INTO THE DRAWING PACKAGE, THE NEXT PROCUREMENT WILL BE COMPETED. This procurement is restricted to Loc Performance since they are the only source, which has conducted, and successfully passed durability testing and produced successful prototypes.