SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC)
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Pax River, Building 441, 21983 Bundy Road Unit 7, Patuxent River, Maryland, 20670, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- N0001918R0043
- Archive Date
- 4/21/2018
- Point of Contact
- Shannon Buckalew, Phone: 3017575552, Evan Riedell, Phone: 3017577074
- E-Mail Address
-
shannon.buckalew@navy.mil, evan.riedell@navy.mil
(shannon.buckalew@navy.mil, evan.riedell@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. This Sources Sought notice is being posted to satisfy the requirement of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 206.302-1(d). The Naval Air Systems Command Patuxent River (NAVAIRSYSCOM) intends to award a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract to develop and integrate an ARC Software Suite for use onboard the US Navy F/A-18 Aircraft. This procurement will be awarded on a sole source basis to Leidos Incorporated, Alexandria, VA. Leidos Incorporated is the inventor and sole designer/developer of the ARC Software Suite for the F/A-18. Leidos is also the only company that has successfully demonstrated its software capabilities within an operationally relevant environment onboard the F/A-18, while loaded on forward deployed Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) Hardware. As such, Leidos is the only responsible source that possesses the technical data and requisite knowledge required to meet the Government's schedule requirement. THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented in FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, the Government will consider all responses received to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. No solicitation will be available for this procurement. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit or award a contract.
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- Record
- SN04865818-W 20180325/180323231805-22a28e345db5e31977f6e9c6b10d1578 (fbodaily.com)
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