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18 -- BIPORPELLANT FILL AND DRAIN VALVE, MONOMETHYLHYDRAZINE SOL N00173-97-Q-0049 POC Darlene Copp, Purchasing Agent, (202) 767-2374 Fax (202) 404-8158. The Naval Research Laboratory intends to enter into a contract on other than a full and open competitive basis with Wright Components, Inc. for the purchase of eight (8) bipropellant fill and drain valves, nitrogentetroxide to NRL specification SD021. Award will be made on the sole source basis because of the extreme urgency and potential impact the test and flight dates determined in response to urgent Space Station assembly sequencing with NASA and international lauch schedules. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0045)

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