31--Bearings, Antifriction, Unmounted

****ATTENTION****FORMAL COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO BERTHA PORTER. You may fax or mail your request to ATTN: AMSAM-AC-LS-T, BERTHA PORTER, Contracting Officer, Fax +1 (555) 000-0000. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE AC CEPTED. PRON: AX5J0048AX, NSN: 3110-00-701-9880 PN: 204-040-271-3, QUANTITY: 98 EA, applicable to the UH-1 Airframe with deliveries to Lawrence, NY 11559-1022 and Secaucus, NJ 07094-1617. This item is restricted to McGill, Cage Code 92563; Rollway Bea ring Corp., Cage Code 51600; MRC Bearing Inc., Cage Code 38443 and Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Cage Code 97499, because the Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both needed to purchase this part from additional sources. Pro duction Lead-time with First Article Testing is 98 each, 233 Days After contract Award (DACA). Production Lead-time without First Article Testing is 98 each, 155 DACA. Production Lead-time with Article II Clause is 98 each, 194 DACA. Firms that recogniz e 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 CAPS AR and Policy Relating to Source Approval Request (SAR) for Aviation requirements. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release of solicitation; however, solicitation will not close prior to the clo sing date stated above. Foreign firms are reminded that all requests for solicitation must be processed through their respective embassies. Adequate technical data is not available for this acquisition. All offerors must meet pre-qualification requireme nts in order to be eligible for award. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the Agency. NOTES: 23 and 26.