--FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT: FIRE EXTINGUISHER. NSN 4210-01-519-4385.

Date of Request 08 June 2007. Seeking contracting sources for the manufacture of fire fighting equipment & similar items. Specific description: Extinguisher Assembly, Fire; with NSN equivalent 4210-01-519-4385; Military P/N: 12994293. Please review & complete the following questions prior to contact: 1. Have you previously manufactured portable fire extinguishers for the U.S. Government? If yes, please provide summary of contracts completed, with contract number and date (high-level information). 2. Are you interested in becoming a qualified source for portable fire extinguishers for the U.S. Army? 3. Are you aware that the extinguisher assembly will be checked and evaluated to extinguish type 2b fuel pan fires? 4. The final product cylinder and extinguisher will be required to meet U.S. ARMY standards along with Department of Transportation cylinder standards as defined in DOT document. Are you currently developing equipment that meets these standards? 5. Do you have an adequate production facility for manufacturing these cylinders at a high rate of production? What is your facility's manufacturing capacity? (Please provide a very brief description of a fire-extinguisher manufacturing job which came close to or exceeded your maximum capacity). 6. Are you following quality principles as a company or a quality system such as an ISO 9000 type standard? If so, can you briefly describe this? Has your company adopted lean/six sigma type principles? Can you provide examples when those principles we re used? Please address all inquiries/responses to the following Point of Contact by close of business 22 June 2007 (email replies preferred): Ken Thomas, (586) 574-7314, email address: [email protected]. Contracting office adress: TACOM Warren Acquisition Center, 6501 E. 11 Mile Rd., AMSTA-AQ-AHPA, Bldg 229, Mailstop 509, Warren, MI 48397-5000.