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15 -- CAST TITANIUM F-18 EJECTOR BLOCKS SOL N00421-Q-1142 POC Randall Johnston, Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1825 ext. 107, Bill Aumand, Contracting Officer, (301) 342-1825 ext. 106 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via e-mail, Johnston_Randall%pax9b@mr.nawcad.navy.mil. The NAWCAD Air Vehicle Design Group at Patuxent River, MD intends to procure: Cast titanium F-18 ejector blocks for a development program to study the investment casting process and the effect of post casting processing procedures on material properties such as tensile strength and fracture toughness. The solicitation number N00421-97-Q-1142 is hereby issued as a Request For Quote (RFQ). This new requirement will be using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and will be a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Purchase Order to be delivered to NAWCAD Patuxent River, MD. The anticipated award date is 30 June 1997. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate the proposed award on a SOLE SOURCE BASIS with Howmet Research Corporation, 1500 South Warner St., Whitehall, MI 49461. Howmet Research is the only manufacturer capable of producing aerospace quality investment castings for the F-18 and currently has the existing wax injection die for these parts. SEE Note 22. (0160)

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