COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR NSN:2835001036632/0063941791, HOUSING, COMBUSTOR UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP (55820), P/N: 43904-0, FOB ORIGIN, INSPECTION/ACCEPTANCE AT ORIGIN.  UNITED TECHNOLOGIES IS THE ONLY APPROVED SOURCE FOR THIS ITEM.  DLA DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN APPROVED TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE AVAILABLE FOR THIS NSN.  ANY MANUFACTURER, OTHER THAN THE APPROVED SOURCE, WISHING TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL ON THIS ITEM MUST SUBMIT A COMPLETE SOURCE APPROVAL REQUEST (SAR) PACKAGE.  SOLICITATION WILL BE FOR A FIRM FIXED PRICE QUANTITY OF 18 EACH.  SOLICITATION WILL PUBLISH ON OR ABOUT JULY 29, 2016 WITH A CLOSING DATE OF AUGUST 10, 2016.  DELIVERY REQUESTED WILL BE 227 DAYS ARO.   SAMPLING FOR INSPECTION & TESTING SHALL BE IAW ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2003.  PPIRS APPLIES.  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 SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE DLA-BSM INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) AT https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil ON THE ISSUE DATE CITED IN THE RFP.  FROM THE DIBBS HOMEPAGE, SELECT SOLICITATIONS, SELECT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)/INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) TAB, THEN SELECT SEARCH THE RFP/IFB DATABASE, THEN CHOOSE THE RFP YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR.  RFP'S 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 THE SOLICIATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO REQUESTORS. EMAIL QUOTE TO [email protected].