The U.S. Army RDECOM-Natick Contracting, in support of the U.S. Army, has a requirement for commercially available Solid Tungsten Carbide Blades. The Government intends this procurement to be a commercial item acquisition utilizing Federal Acquisiti on Regulation (FAR) Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This requirement will be a full and open competitive buy. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 333515 s mall business size standard is 500 employees. The Government envisions a single purchase order for this acquisition (but reserves the right to award multiple purchase orders) . This procurement is for the purchase of 3500 single edge and double bevel blad es. (Two sizes: 0.630 x 0.315 x 0.019 and 1.260 x 0.470 x 0.035 ) In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.102(a) , all documents associated with this acquisition will be available via the Government point of entry (GPE) http ://www.fedbizopps.gov, and via the US Army RDECOM-Natick Homepage at https://www3.natick.army.mil (go to Business Opportunities, then to Ongoing Acquisitions, then to this solicitation number). No hard copies will be provided. Firms shall not be reimburse d for any costs associated with proposal preparation. Questions concerning this solicitation can be directed to Mr. Greg Wilson, Purchasing Agent, at [email protected]. The solicitation will be release on December 22, 2004. The proposal due d ate will be Janurary 4, 2005 at 12:00p.m (EST).

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