Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk Naval Shipyard Annex, Purchase Division, Building 1500, Portsmouth, VA 23709-5000

46 -- 610 GALLON STORAGE CONTAINER SOL N00181-98-Q-0024 POC Jackie Nichols, Code 532.1H, (757) 396-8366; Nancy Hassell-Sitar, Code 532, (757) 396-8366 10 each 610 gallon storage container, horizontal tank with skid, high density cross-linked polyethylene inner receptacle (tank), mild steel outer pkg (skid) with necessary service equipment shall be manufactured to meet the construction and design type test standards in Subparts N and O of 49 CFR Part 178. Additional specs will be included in solicitation. F.O.B. Destination. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing and submitted via regular or expedited mail service to Contracts Division, Code 531.1H, Attn: J. Nichols, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA 23709-5000. The closing date for receipt of offers will be specified in the solicitation when issued. Fax and/or phone requests to this notice are not allowed and will not be considered. While price is a factor in the evaluation of offerors, the final contract award decision will be based on a combination of factors, including historical quality performance of the contractor whose price quotation is being evaluated. Numbered Note 1 applies. (0353)

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