SOLICITATION FOR NSN: 4720015106640/0049312844, HOSE ASSEMBLY, NONME, EATON CORPORATION (00624), P/N: AE710090-139; BOEING COMPANY (76301), P/N: 74B680067-139; AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS (76823), P/N: 74B680067-139, FOB DESTINATION, INSPECTION/ACCEPTANCE AT DESTINATION.  EATON, BOEING, AND NORTHURP GRUMMAN ARE THE ONLY APPROVED SOURCES FOR THIS ITEM.  DLA DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN APPROVED TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE AVAILABLE FOR THIS NSN.  ANY MANUFACTURER, OTHER THAN THE APPROVED SOURCES, 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 42 EACH.  THE SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE WILL BE JULY 15, 2013 WITH A CLOSE DATE OF AUGUST 15, 2013.  DELIVERY REQUESTED WILL BE 663 DAYS ARO.   SAMPLING FOR INSPECTION & TESTING SHALL BE IAW ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2003.  THE FINAL CONTRACT AWARD DECISION MAY BE BASED UPON A COMBINATION OF PRICE, PAST PERFORMANCE, AND OTHER EVALUATION FACTORS AS DESCRIBED IN THE SOLICITATION.   CRITICAL APPLICATION APPLIES. 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.