The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, Florida intends to solicit Mine Safety Appliances (MSA) Federal Government Sales, P. O. Box 428, Pittsburgh, PA for the procurement of thirty-two (32) PremAire Cadets respirators for the Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. The SCBA is a Type C, pressure-demand respirator system with an emergency air supply of 15 minutes. This procurement is sole source for the following reasons. The SCBA is a PremAire Cadet 15M Respirator that is only manufactured by the Mine Safety Appliances (MSA) Company. Only those articles that have been successfully tested are qualified. Procedures are specified under SS521-AA-MAN-010 U.S. Navy Diving and Manned Hyperbaric Certification Manual. The objective of this process is to verify that the life support system provides acceptable levels of safety throughout the specified operating range when approved operating and maintenance procedures are followed. The intent of the process is to provi! de maximum reasonable assurance that an accident will not occur. MSA is the only company that has been qualified by cognizant authority to provide the Premaire 15M respirators. The anticipated award date will be on or about August 29, 2005. Delivery will be to the Naval Support Activity - Panama City, Receiving Officer, Building 100, 101 Vernon Avenue, Panama City, FL 32407-7018. NAICS Code 332721 applies. SBA Size Standard is 500 employees. FSC is 4220.

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