Plate Assy, Tail Rot (Please Refer to the "Synopsis" and/or "Place of Performance" for POC on this effort)

****ATTENTION****ALL FORMAL COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION MUST BE DIRECTED TO: Scott Hawkins, Contract Specialist, email: scott.hawkins1@us.army.mil. No telephone calls will be accepted. PRON: AX1F0645AX; NOUN: Plate Assy, Tail Rot, NSN: 1615-01-074-5153; P/N: 70358-06612-042; Quantity: 500 each minimum/3000 each maximum; Firm Fixed Price (FFP) five year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)type contract applicable to UH-60 with deliveries to New Cumberland, PA. Required delivery with First Article Testing is 500 each, 263 Days After Contract Award (DACA) and up to 625 each year until contract completion. The First Article Test Report is due 163 DACA. Required delivery without First Article Testing is 500 each 175 Days After Contract Award (DACA) and up to 625 each year until contract completion. This is a Critical Safety Item (CSI). This requirement is restricted to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (CAGE: 78286), Aerex Manufacturing, Inc. (CAGE: 5K840) and SPX Corporation DBA SPX Precision Components (CAGE: 82001) because 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. 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 Standard 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.

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