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Various NSN's. Solicitation will be issued for Long-Term Contract for 10 NSN's. Six are Colt Rights Guard (RG) and four are Rights Guard with First Article Test (F.A.T.). Solicitation will contain Rights Guard Certification which must be signed by an authorized person with the company and faxed to (215)737-2398 by close of business, five days after issue date of solicitation. Any company who has successfully delivered on one of these NSN's and followed RG procedures within the past three years, need not follow these procedures but must notify me of the contract number in the same timeframe stated above. Only those companies will receive the Colt Rights Guard drawings. The NSNs which require F.A.T. are: 5360-00-978-1036, 5360-01-136-5471, 5360-00-992-7308, and 5360-00-999-0404. Rights Guard NSNs that do not require F.A.T. are: 5360-00-056-2246, 5360-00-992-6652, 5360-00-992-6655, 5360-00-992-6665, 5360-01-381-6183 and 5360-00-992-6648. Should OEM, Colt Defense, send in a proposal, only they are exempt from these procedures.