Controller, Aircraft- Formal communication related to this acquisition should be directed to DLA-AHA, Tawana Sizemore, Contract Specialist, via email Tawana. Sizemore@dla. mil or facsimile 256-955-8601.

No telephone requests will be accepted. Direct your requests and communication to: ATTN: DLA-AHA, Tawana Sizemore, Contract Specialist, via email Tawana.Sizemore@dla.mil or facsimile 256-955-8601. For request for solicitation, provide your name, the company name and Cage Code and a telephone/facsimile number.

PRON: AX4F0036AX. The Government proposes to acquire, on a Five-Year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Firm-fixed Price contract, a minimum quantity of 66 each up to a maximum quantity of 250, Controller, Aircraft; NSN: 1680-01-502-8652; Part Number: S7020-02801-102 applicable to the BE UH-60 (Blackhawk) weapon system.

Production Lead Time (PLT) is 66 each, 210 DACA with deliveries to New Cumberland, PA 17070-5002. This item is restricted to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Cage Code: 78286) and Breeze Eastern Corporation (Cage Code: 08484).

This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source require acquisition of the part from the approved source. The approved source retains data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part.

The data needed to acquire this part competitively is not physically available, it cannot be obtained economically, nor is it possible to draft adequate specifications or any other adequate, economical description of the material for a competitive solicitation. All offerors must meet prequalification requirements in order to be eligible for award. Firms that recognize and can produce the required item described above are encouraged to identify themselves. Firms are encouraged to seek source approval in order to compete for future solicitations by accessing the website www.redstone.army.mil/cmo/ and looking under Standardized Aviation and Missile Source Approval Request (SAMSAR). All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered by the Agency. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release for solicitation; however, the solicitation will not close prior to the date stated above. Foreign Firms are reminded that all requests for solicitation must be processed through their respective embassies.