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A -- CARBONIZATION OF RAYON AND PURCHASE OF RAW MATERIALS SOL N60921-95-C-0023 POC Karen Lenox, (540)653-7621/Dwight G. Cooper. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) intends to acquire additional new materials and carbonized rayon supporting the development of a strategic system reentry body heat shield material under contract N60921-95-C-0023 with Hitco, Inc., Gardena, California on a sole source basis to insure that mechanical and thermal properties are identical across materials. Interested parties are invited to respond to this announcement within 15 days of publication. There is no solicitation. A request for a solicitation will not be considered an affirmative response to this notice. See Note 22. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division is taking steps toward implementing Electronic Commerce (EC) in the acquisition arena, therefore this synopsis will be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.mil/ under Procurement Division or http://proc_div.nswc.navy.mil/. (0299)

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