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49 -- AERIAL REFUELING COUPLE TESTER SOL F41608-99-R-13001 DUE 090398 POC The Point of Contact is Norma L. Kreutzkamp, LDKSG, Phone: (210)925-4340, FAX: (210)925-6958 WEB: SA-ALC, Kelly AFB Business Opportunities, http://www.kelly-afb.org/links/proc/index.html. E-MAIL: Send your E-Mail request to the POC, nlkreutz@ldgate1.kelly.af.mil. Noun: Aerial Refueling Coupl, NSN: 4920-01-186-5820, P/N: 81015 Form/Fit/Function: Aerial refueling couple tester is designed to test the breakaway force required to disengage an airborne refueling nozzle, or probe from a reception coupling used on an inflight refueling system. Predominate Material: Steel Appl: KC-135 Aircraft. A 3-year FFP requirements contract with Best Estimated Quantity (BEQ)of 48 with increments, no options and First Article requirements are contemplated. Bid "B" and waiver not applicable. Data required: Update of Technical Manuals and Product Drawing and Associated Lists. Requirement will be solicited using full and open competition procedures, restricted to approved sources. Sufficient data is not available to support competition to other than the approved sources. Approved Sources: Products Support Inc ( 53247) Parker-Hannifin ( 59211) All potential offerors should contact the buyer/PCO identified in this notice for additional information and/or to communicate concerns, if any,concerning this acquisition. If your concerns are not satisfied by the contracting officer, an Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of an acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or Contracting Officer, but communicates Contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentially as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call the SA-ALC Acquisition Ombudsman at AC 210-925-5133 or send E-Mail to: ombudsman@www.kelly-afb.org. See Note(s) n/a,26 Posted 08/03/98 (D-SN231893). (0215)

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