Aircraft skin / 04F, B-52 statofortress aircraft

NSN 1560-01-552-9639; IQC PR 1000049553; ITEM: AIRCRAFT SKIN; PARTS SHALL BE MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BASIC DRAWING 81205 4-5000, REVISION J, DTD 12/21/07, PART PIECE NUMBER 4-5000-501. EXPORT CONTROL RESTRICTIONS APPLY. THIS PROCUREMENT IS FOR AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT (IQC) WITH A BASE YEAR AND FOUR ONE YEAR OPTION PERIODS (NOT TO EXCEED 60 MONTHS). THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL QUANTITY IS 28 EACH. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION AFTER THE EXCLUSION OF SOURCES). FIRST ARTICLE TESTING IS REQUIRED. DELIVERY OF THE FIRST ARTICLE UNITS WILL BE 180 DAYS ADO. GOVERNMENT TESTING, EVALUATION, AND NOTIFICATION WILL BE 120 DAYS. DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCTION UNITS WILL BE 180 DAYS AFTER FIRST ARTICLE APPROVAL. FOB IS AT DESTINATION. FIRST ARTICLE TERMS: INSPECTION AT ORIGIN, ACCEPTANCE AT DESTINATION. PRODUCTION UNIT TERMS: INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE AT ORIGIN.

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A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE DLA INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) AT HTTPS://WWW.DIBBS.BSM.DLA.MIL/RFP ON THE ISSUE DATE CITED IN THE SOLICITATION. FROM THE DIBBS HOMEPAGE, SELECT "REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) / INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)" FROM THE MENU UNDER THE TAB "SOLICITATIONS." THEN SEARCH FOR AND CHOOSE THE RFP YOU WISH TO DOWNLOAD. SOLICITATIONS ARE IN PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF). TO DOWNLOAD AND VIEW THESE DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED THE LATEST VERSION OF ADOBE ACROBAT READER. THIS SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FREE AT HTTP://WWW.ADOBE.COM. A PAPER COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO REQUESTORS. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 17, 2016.