Sole Source Solicitation for ES-1C Long Bar Steel

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A SYNOPSIS (SUMMARY). THE SOLICITATION PERTAINING TO THIS NOTICE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 15 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE.
The US Army Contracting Command Redstone has a requirement for the acquisition of ES-1C steel per United States Air Force (USAF) Government Patent No. U.S. 7,537,727 B2, dated May 26, 2009 in the following quantities and sizes:
Eighteen (18) Pieces (long bars) 8.250 inch diameter (+0.150/-0/000) x 45.000 inch length (+0.250/-0.000)
Fourteen (14) Pieces (long bars) 3.250 inch diameter (+0.050/-0.000) x 45.000 inch length (+0.250/-0.000)
The steel shall be an air melt, ladle refined cast of bottom poured ingots approximately 42 x 45 inches. Ingots shall then be forged, hot rolled, rough turned and tempered into the above long bar sizes.
This requirement will be solicited as a sole source requirement to TimkenSteel Corporation Inc. of Canton Ohio 44706. TimkenSteel Corporation has been identified as the only source due to continuity of materials to be used in testing that have the same properties and were created from the same processes and equipment as steel used in previous efforts.

Solicitation number W31P4Q-14-T-0119 is to be a firm fixed price acquisition, in accordance with FAR Part 13.106-1 (b)(1). The corresponding NAICS code for this procurement is 332111. CLIN 0001 will be issued for Eighteen (18) each (long bars) 8.250 inch diameter (+0.150/-0/000) x 45.000 inch length (+0.250/-0.000). CLIN 0002 will be issued for Fourteen (14) Pieces (long bars) 3.250 inch diameter (+0.050/-0.000) x 45.000 inch length (+0.250/-0.000). CLIN 0003 will be issued for Freight and Shipping. All responsible concerns may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Contract award is anticipated on or about 10 June, 2014. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Email response is preferred; point of contact for further information is jeffery.d. hestley.civ@mail.mil or via facsimile at 256-313-2392, marked to the attention of Jeffery Hestley.