Shielding gasket, EL

****ATTENTION****ALL FORMAL COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION MUST BE DIRECTED TO: Chele Hinds, Contracting Officer; email: chele.l.hinds.civ@mail.mil. No telephone calls will be accepted. PRON: AX5F0173AX; NOUN: Shielding Gasket, El; NSN: 5999-01-558-4320; P/N: PG185075-01; minimum qty of 2600 each and maximum qty of 17600 each on a 5 year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with deliveries to Texarkana, Tx. Required delivery is 2600 each for the basic 150 Days After Contract Award (DACA) and up to 3000 (YR 2); 3500 (YR 3); 4000 (YR 4) and 4500 (YR 5) until contract completion. This requirement is restricted to Aviation Devices (CAGE Code: 1NPE1) because 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. Adequate technical data is not available for this acquisition. All offerors must meet prequalification requirements in order to be eligible for award. All prospective manufacturers, or distributors, seeking to compete for a solicitation for Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) Spares, for any restricted source parts, are required to be an AMCOM approved source. To obtain approval, vendors must submit a SAR package, for review and approval, to the Engineering Directorate (ED), Quality Engineering Division. Source approval must be obtained prior to being considered for contract award. Approvals are made on an individual part number basis for a specific manufacturing location (CAGE). Firms are encouraged to seek source approval in order to compete for future solicitations by following the SAR submission guidance provided on the website: http://amcomdmz.redstone.army.mil/casl_cmo/casldba.casl_cmo_samsar.
Questions concerning SAR submissions can be directed to the ED SAR Team at
EDSAR@amrdec.army.mil or call the SAR Team at 256-313-8978, 256-313-0341
or 256-313-8994. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release of solicitation however; solicitation will not close prior to the closing date stated above. Foreign firms are reminded that all requests for solicitation must be processed through their respective embassies.