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13 -- M549 FUZE PIBD -- CTG 40MM HEDP M430 SOL DAAA0999R0002 POC Contract Specialist: Jane Darras (309)782-4863, Contracting Officer: James Lonergan (309)782-4925 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP, http://www4.ioc.army.mil/scripts/padds_web/open4.asp. E-MAIL: Click here to contact Contract Specialist, darrasj@ioc.army.mil. Issue Date: O/A 23 Nov 98,Bid Opening Date: 7 Jan 99. Option 100%. Proposed contract s a 100% small business set-aside. Solicitation/resulting contract contains a 100% evaluated option provision. The best value to the government approach is being used for this acquisition, which is a 100% small business set-aside. DFARS Clause 252.223.7002, Safety Precautions for Ammunition and Explosives (May 94) applies. Distrubtion Statement X is applicable to the TDP; therefore, distribution authorized to US Government agencies and private individuals or enterprises eligible to obtain export-controlled technical data in Technical Data Agreement, DD Form 2345, certified by Defense Logistics Services Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, is required. Technical data packages cannot be forwarded to a contractor who has not been certified. A copy of the executed DD Form 2345 is required to be submitted to Ms. Jane Darras, AMSIO-ACC-FC, with any request for the technical data packages. The form and all applicable instructions can be obtained by contracting Ms. Linda Howard or Robert Davidson at 1-800-352-3572 or at the following web site: www.dlsc.dla.mil/ccal. Posted 10/30/98 (W-SN267030). (0303)

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