53--Bolts

****ATTENTION****ALL FORMAL COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION MUST BE DIRECTED TO: Chris Allen, Contract Specialist, email: contact@example.gov. No telephone calls will be accepted. PRON: AX1F0873AX, NOUN: Bolt, Close tolerance, NSN: 5306-01-559-4862; P/N: 70400-26802-103; UH-60; Quantity: 200 Min Qty/1000 Max Qty on a 5 year Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract applicable to UH-60 with deliveries to Red River Army Depot, TX. Required delivery with First Article Testing is 200 each, 263 Days After Contract Award (DACA) and 200 each month thereafter until contract completion. The First Article Test Report is due 163 DACA. Required delivery without First Article Testing is 200 each 175 Days After Contract Award (DACA) and up to 200 each year until contract completion. This requirement is restricted to: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (CAGE Code: 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.