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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2004 FBO #1027
SOLICITATION NOTICE

10 -- GAU-21 Weapon System for the CH-53E

Notice Date

9/16/2004
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

332994 — Small Arms Manufacturing
 

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

Reference-Number-N00019-04-P7-ZD190
 

Response Due

10/4/2004
 

Archive Date

10/19/2004
 

Description

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed price contract to FN Herstal, Belgium for the procurement and integration of three hundred, eighty-four (384) GAU-21 (M3M) .50 Caliber Machine Gun/Pintle Head Mount Weapon Systems, one hundred, ninety-two (192) CH-53E R/H integration kits, and one hundred, ninety-two (192) CH-53E L/H integration kits. This firm fixed price contract will provide for the procurement and installation of these weapon systems on the CH-53E platform in support of the Common Defensive Weapon System (CDWS) Program. FN Herstal will also provide engineering technical support services, technical publications, training of organizational and intermediate level maintenance personnel, and supply of preventative maintenance kits. This weapon system will provide the Marine Corps with a weapon system common to all assault support helicopters, which will represent a significant increase in interoperability, improved safety features, a higher volume of fire, a minimization of aircraft modifications, no significant weight increases and a reduction in maintenance costs. The scope of this contract shall include all of the efforts necessary to manufacture and deliver the 384 systems. This contract will be issued on a sole source basis to FN Herstal, the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of the M3M. FN Herstal is the only known firm whose product successfully meets the stated requirements. To award the contract to another vendor would result in excessive duplication of effort and costs to the government. FN Herstal is also sufficiently poised to respond to a rapid deployment capability. See Note 22.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Fabrique Nationale Herstal, 33 rue Voie de Liege Herstal, Belgium 4040

Country: Belgium
 

Record

SN00675176-W 20040918/040917084618 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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

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