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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 13, 2003 FBO #0499
SOLICITATION NOTICE

59 -- ADVANCED MISSION COMPUTER (AMC) & AN/AYK-14(V) STANDARD AIRBORNE COMPUTER FULL RATE PRODUCTION

Notice Date

4/11/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, MD, 20670
 

ZIP Code

20670
 

Solicitation Number

N00019-03-R-0052
 

Archive Date

12/24/2003
 

Point of Contact

Maureen Bernard, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-757-5899, Fax 301-757-5946,
 

E-Mail Address

bernardm@navair.navy.mil
 

Description

The Naval Air Systems Command, Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA-209), intends to award a sole-source firm-fixed price contract for a base year and four one year options to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Incorporated (GDAIS), 8800 Queen Avenue South, Bloomington, MN for the full rate production and support of the Advanced Mission Computer (AMC) as well as the AN/AYK-14(V) Standard Airborne Computer family of Weapons Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs) and Shop Replaceable Assemblies (SRAs). The AMC will be forward fit into the F/A-18E/F aircraft and retrofit into the AV-8B aircraft, and shall comply with the approved Advanced Mission Computer and Displays (AMC&D) Performance Specification and AMC Interface Control Document. The contract will provide for the procurement of up to an estimated maximum yearly quantity of 111 each AMCs including spares for the F/A-18, and an estimated maximum yearly quantity of 37 each AMCs for the AV-8B, including Allied buys and spares. The AN/AYK-14(V) WRAs and associated SRAs will be procured for U.S. Navy aircraft upgrades and Naval Inventory Control Point fleet spares. All AN/AYK-14(V) hardware is designed in accordance with MIL-STD-85518 and must operate in an uninhabited fighter environment. First article, environmental and flight-testing have been performed as required. The quantity to be procured for this contract is estimated at 50 WRAs, upgrade kits and/or SRAs maximum per year. AMC and AN/AYK-14(V) deliveries will be made to various locations throughout the continental United States. For AMC, delivery will be required to begin within 15 months from the date of contract award, option exercise or delivery order issuance. For AN/AYK-14(V), delivery will be required to begin within 12 months from the date of contract award, option exercise, or delivery order issuance. The production support element of this procurement will include, but is not limited to, engineering investigations, engineering change proposals, integration and testing, spare and repair parts, hardware repairs, software maintenance, engineering technical support and integrated logistics support and obsolescence management. This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. GDAIS is the designer, developer, and sole manufacturer of the AMC and AN/AYK-14(V) and as such is the only firm with the requisite knowledge, experience, and technical data to successfully deliver the AMC and AN/AYK-14(V) systems to meet the requirements of the F/A-18E/F production aircraft and AV-8B retrofit delivery schedules as well as other Navy platform upgrade and fleet spare delivery requirements. While this notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, interested parties may identify their interest and technical capability to respond to this requirement and may submit information that shall be considered by the Naval Air Systems Command. Requests for copies of the AMC&D Performance Specification and/or Full Rate Production Statement of Work for the AMC as well as all other inquiries may be directed to Clare Carmack, Contract Specialist, phone 301-757-5919, fax 301-757-5955 or sent via email to: carmackcc@navair.navy.mil. See Numbered Notes 22 and 26.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 8800 Queen Avenue South, Bloomington, MN

Zip Code: 55431-1996

Country: United States
 

Record

SN00301967-W 20030413/030411213750 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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