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28 -- TURBINE VANE CASE SOL F41608-98-Q-46151 DUE 092598 POC The Point of Contact is E Shannon WEB: Click Here To Go To The Solicitation Index, http://www.kelly-afb.org/links/proc/rfq/solicitations/index.html. E-MAIL: Send E-Mail to the POC, elshanno@lpgate1.kelly.af.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information in this notice, to include but not limited to Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Commercial Items. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Currently the only approved source capable of supplying this item to the Government is Allison Engine Co., Indianapolis, IN FSCM: 63005. This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation. NSN: 2840-01-408-6595RW P/N: 23009372 NOUN: Turbine Vane Case APPL: T56 ENGINE/C130 ACFT QTY: 63 DEL'Y: 63 EA TO KELLY AFB, TX SIZE/DIMENSION: APPROX. 18" long x 24" wide (Diameter) FORM/FIT/FUNCTION: Secures a total of 24 vanes and serves as a structural member PREDOMINANT MATERIAL: Steel (IN 718) Responses from all responsible sources may be submitted and will be evaluated. Offers may be submitted via email or facsimile (210-925-8780). FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror's Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Offers; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, are all applicable to this Acquisition. 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items may also be applicable to this acquisition. Incorporated Provisions and Clauses are those in effect through FAC 97-06. Offers will be accepted via methods described above until noon on 25 September 1998. 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 theauthority 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. Posted 09/19/98 (D-SN251966). (0262)

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