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34 -- REQUIREMENT FOR AN WALLCE COAST PIPE BENDING MACHINE CAPABLE OF BENDING PIPE BOTH CLOCKWISE AND COUNTER-CLOCKWISE SOL N00600-98-R-2742 DUE 081198 POC Susan Richards, (202) 433-2904 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, Susan_Richards@fmso.navy.mil. The Fleet & Industrial Supply Center Norfolk Detachment Washington has a requirement for a Wallace Coast model # 1004RDIX Pipe Bending Machine on behalf of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Detachment (PESO) in Annapolis, MD. The Pipe Bending machine required is capable of bending 2-1/2" through 4" IPS with a twenty foot load length in both the right and left hand positions (), and utilizes an overhead clamp mounted on the bend die. This system shall be delivered 180 days after contract award to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA. The Navy intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to Wallace Coast Machinery Division -- Jesse Engineering Co. Wallace Coast is the only source that can provide the Pipe Bending machine capable of clockwise and counter-clockwise bends. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. The government will consider all responses received within seven days after date of publication of this synopsis. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 07/31/98 (W-SN231337). (0212)

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