U.S. Army CECOM, CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008

61 -- HIGH PERFORMANCE LITHIUM BATTERIES BA-5372/U SOL DAAB07-99-R-A274 POC Victoria Lane, Contract Specialist (732)427-1622 and John Adamitis, Contracting Officer (732) 532-3473 WEB: Click here for Business Opportunities Page, http://abop.monmouth.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact POC, lanev@mail1.monmouth.army.mil. The item being procured is entitled "High Performance Lithium Battery" for non-rechargeable lithium battery BA-53727/U, NSN: 6135-214-6441. This solicitation will result in a Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity type contract, consisting of three (3) program years. Delivery orders will be issued to procure the required batteries. Pricing will be in range quantities as specified in the solicitation. The contractor shall produce the items in accordance with the SOW and MIL-PRF-49471A(CR). The batteries will be procured in packages. There are ten (10) each per package. FOB point for the battery is at Origin. The minimum quantity is 6,800 packages. The potential maximum quantity is 99,000 packages. The solicitation contains Government and Contractor First Article Testing requirements and a warranty provision. The solicitation also contains an option for Direct Vendor Delivery. The solicitation will issued as a Request for Proposal and the procurement will be conducted using Best Value procedures. In an effort to develop a second source for this battery, the Government is conducting this acquisition IAW FAR 6.202, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources. The excluded source from the acquisisiton is the current producer under contract DAAB07-96-D-G017. The draft Solicitation, DAAB07-99-R-A274, and all attachments have been posted on the Business Opportunities Page at http//abop.monmouth.army.mil. This draft solicitation is forecasted to become final 15 days after this notice, however, changes to the draft solicitation and attachments will be posted on the BOP. The date the solicitation becomes final will be posted to the BOP. Submission of the Performance Risk portion of the proposal will be submitted fourteen (14) days prior to the proposal due date. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor the BOP for these changes. Posted 07/12/99 (W-SN352985). (0193)

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