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This is a brand name requirement for aviation headsets to support 909 ARS at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Please see the attachments for full details. NOTICE: 1. Funds are not presently available for this ... This is a brand name requirement for aviation headsets to support 909 ARS at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Please see the attachments for full details. NOTICE: 1. Funds are not presently available for this requirement. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation with no cost to the Government, either before or after the closing date if funds are not available 2. The following provision is incorporaterd into this combo synopsis/solicitation via this notice: 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal. Aug 1999 As prescribed in 11.107(a), insert the following provision: (a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government’s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation. (b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must- (1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; (2) Clearly identify the item by- (i) Brand name, if any; and (ii) Make or model number; (3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and (4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications. (c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. (d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. (End of provision)