A solicitation will be issued to establish an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) for NSN 2840-01-195-1146, a CASE, TURBINE, AIRCRAFT used on the A-10 Aircraft. The award will be for a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods. The Estimated Annual Quantities (EAQ) are as follows: Base Year EAQ: 24 each; Option Year EAQ: 24 each. FOB: Destination; Inspection /Acceptance: Origin. Government First Article Testing applies. Required delivery is as follows:

384 Days ARO: Government FAT Samples due
180 Days: Government evaluation of FAT Samples
384 Days AFAA: Production units due
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948 Days ARO = Total delivery inclusive of FAT
384 Days ARO = Total delivery with FAT waived
Surge requirements do not apply.

The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one or a limited number of sources under the authority of FAR 6.302. The approved manufacturing sources are General Electric Company, CAGE 99207, P/N 6047T81G05, Middleton Aerospace (CAGE 50908), Union Machine (CAGE 51992), Jet Industries (CAGE 98912) and Electro Methods Inc. (CAGE 33617). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Alternate offerors must submit a Source Approval Request (SAR) package along with a completed copy of the solicitation in order to be considered for award.

Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice.

In order to receive an award, regardless of dollar value, contractors must be registered in Central Contactor Registration (CCR). The final contract award decision may be based upon a combination of price, past performance and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation. The estimated solicitation issue date is 03/23/2012.

A copy of the solicitation will be available via DIBBS at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ on the issue date cited in the RFP. Choose the RFP you wish to download. RFPs are in portable document format (PDF). To download and view these documents you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is available free at http://www.adobe.com. A paper copy of this solicitation will not be available to requesters.