53--Bolt, Close tolerance

****ATTENTION****ALL FORMAL COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION MUST BE DIRECTED TO: Roberta Bodine, Contract Specialist, email: contact@example.gov. No telephone calls will be accepted. PRON: AX9F0895AX, NOUN: Bolt, Close Tolerance; NSN: 5306-01-559-4862; P/N: 70400-26802-103, UH-60; Quantity: 200 each applicable to UH-60 with deliveries to Texarkana, TX. Required delivery is 200 each 413 Days After Contract Award (DACA). The First Article Test Report is due 263 DACA. Required delivery without First Article Testing is 200 each, 275 DACA. This is a Critical Safety Item. This requirement is restricted to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (CAGE: 78286) because 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 the 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 source part in the intended application. Adequate technical data is not 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 of solicitation however; solicitation will not close prior to the closing date stated above. Foreign firms are reminded that all requests for solicitation must be processed through their respective embassies.