Solicitation N00421-17-T-0164 is issued as a competitive proceurement. The Government intends to purchase on a firm fixed-price basis, and to solicit and negotiate the proposed purchase order on a competitive for CASTROL AN157 HELICOPTER GEAR OIL, under the authority implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by FAR Part 13.106-1(b). The requirement is to procure Castrol AN157, 9cSt Helicopter Gear Oil also known as HALO 157 under Navy designation for testing purposes. The oil formulation (chemical composition) of Halo 157 is specified and required for flight testing in a CH-53E Interim Flight Clearance (Navy Message 162001Z Nov 15 from COMNAVAIRSYSCOM Patuxent River MD). The intention of the flight testing is to evaluate the performance of Halo 157 in place of the currently-used DOD-PRF-85734 helicopter transmission oil. Similar or Substitute products will not be accepted. This is 100% match only! Utilizing a product other than Halo 157 would require conducting new research, testing, compatibility, certifications, etc. at a significant cost to the government, which is unrecoverable in this small procurement.

Although not set-aside for Total Small Business, offers are solicited only from small business concerns. Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to small business owners.

Eastman Aviation holds proprietary rights the oil formulation (chemical composition) of Halo 157.
Accepting offers from Eastman Aviation Solutions AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS/RESELLERS ONLY.

Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to submission of an offer to be considered for award of any DoD contract. This may be accomplished electronically at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM.

Award all or none
See Attached RFQ. 
PLEASE COMPLETE SECTION K 
Items must be brand new.
Your quote must contain enough technical information to evaluate your quote. Please reference the Solicitation number above (N00421-17-T-XXXX) on your quote.


This is a firm fixed-price procurement; therefore, the offeror's initial offer should represent the vendor's best quote in terms of price and technical acceptability. Your quote will only be evaluated on the information you provide.
***Instructions to offeror's***
Please include the following information with your response:
(1) FOB: DESTINATION
(2) Shipping Cost: DESTINATION
(3) Tax ID#
(4) Dun & Bradstreet #
(5) Cage Code:
(6) Small Business - Yes ___ No ___
(7) Estimated Delivery Date: 
(8) If available on a Pricelist, please provide a copy.
(9) Estimated Delivery Date After Receipt of Order

The Government will consider all quotes received by 11:00am est., on 22 August 2017. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received. For information contact: Donna Owens Phone: 301-757-3066, or email: [email protected]. The preferred method of communication is through email.

 

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