Defense Supply Center Columbus, PO Box 16595, DSCC-PBAB, Columbus, OH 43216-6595

30 -- SHAFT, SHOULDERED SOL SP0740-00-R-3521 DUE 122799 POC Anna L. Crooks, 614-692-2594/614-693-1607 (fax); anna_crooks@dscc.dla.mil Refer to notes: 1 and 26. Shaft. Shouldered. 3040-00-867-0615. PR: IQC99300000008, Equitable Eng. Co. (11867) p/n 6846747; Precision Gear, Inc. (21540), p/n 6846747; Gen. Motors Corp. (24617), p/n 6846747; Chardam Gear Co. (25773), p/n 6846747; Arrow Gear Co. (28596), p/n 6846747; Apex Mfg. Co., Inc. (2V343), p/n 6846747; Allison Eng. Co., Inc. (63005), p/n 6846747; Pacific Sky Supply, Inc. (66905), p/n 6846747. Est. qty. base year: 252 ea., various quantities delivered to various locations. Specifications, plans, or drawings are not available. The proposed procurement will be an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) and will contain an option to extend the contract period one or more times at the discretion of the government. The total contract period shall not exceed five years. This acquisition is for supplies for which the Government does not possess complete, unrestrictive technical data. This acquisition is 100% set aside for small business concerns. The small business size standard is 500 employees. While price may be a significant factor in the evaluation of offers, the final award decision will be based upon a combination of price, delivery, past performance and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation. Although offerors will be evaluated based on their proposal for the Quarterly Forecast Demand of 63, they are invited and strongly encouraged to indicate any quantity ranges and associated price breaks they wish to include as part of their offer. These ranges and price braks may or may not be accepted based on the sole discretion of the government. Preference may be given for multiple award consideration. This notice serves as a pre-solicitation notice of the intent to solicit the NSN for an Indefinite Quantity Contract with one base year and four option years. The issue date will be 27 Nov 99 and the closing date will be 27 Dec 99. The estimated dollar amount of the solicitation for the basic year is less than $100,000.00. The solicitation is a written solicitation. Copies of this solicitation are available at the office address above or by faxing (614) 692-2262 and will not be available until 15 days after published in the CBD. Posted 11/05/99 (W-SN398739). (0309)

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