US Army Armament And Chemical Acquisition And Logistics Activity, (ACALA) Attn: AMSTA-AC-PCC (FMU), Rock Island, IL 61299-7630

10 -- BARREL ASSY SOL DAAE20-95R0264 DUE 100295 POC Contact the Contract Specialist: Kathy Sanders (309)782-6444, procuring Contracting Officer is: Allen Hale (309)782-6736. 1005-01-350-5264, part number 12524507. Gun barrel for M242 machine gun with muzzle brake overall length 2092MM. A license agreement between Hughes Helicopter and the US Government requires the items procured to be manufactured in the United States. The United States means the 50 States and the district of Columbia. The successful offeror under this Solicitation agrees to manufacture the items being procured under the contract within the United States. Requirements are 264 EA barrel assy. For use on the M242 gun. FOB is destination. MIL-I-45208 inspection criteria required. Esti-mated issue date of this Solicitation is 083195. This proposed AC-tion is for supplies for which the Government does not own specif ications and drawings to permit full and open competition. Firms that recognize and can produce the required item(S) are encouraged to identify themselves to the Contracting Officer, and provide Sup-porting evidence which will permit their participation in the cur rent or future solicitations. Effective 1 Oct 94 AMCCOM separated into two new commands; the Industrial Operation Command (IOC) and the Acquisition Chemical Armament Logistics Activity (ACALA). It is imperative that special attention be Given when addressing requests for solicitations and BIDS/O ffers. Failure to properly address re-quests for solicitations in accordance with this CBD notice will re-sult in non-receipt of the Solicitation P ackage. Failure to prop-erly address BIDS/offers in accordance with Sol icitation instruc-tions may result in a late bid which cannot be consider Ed. Written, FAX or electronic requests for Solicitation packages are AC-cepted. NO telephone requests will be honored. Requests for copies of this Solicitation should include your Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) (if a CAGE Code has been assigned to you) along with your name, address, datafax number, and Solicitation number. The FAX number for requests is (309) 782-4728. Electronic requests may be accepted through the AMCCOM Acquisition Information System (AAIS). All AMCCOM solicitations are available forviewing/downloading, in addition to procurement history, via theaais. The AAIS can be accessed electronically, 24 hours a Day, utilizing a MODEM set to dial (309) 782-7648. Terminal emulation should be VT100, NO parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. Once con-nected, enter ''AAIS'' at the ''login'' prompt. At the ''password'' prompt depress the ''enter'' key. If electronic means is not possi-ble, procurement history will be provided telephonically at (309)782-8094 on a limited basis. Note 22 applies. (0222)

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