58 -- WIDE APERTURE ARRAY (WAA) OUTBOARD ELECTRONICS CANISTER (OBE)

Notice Date

October 29, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, NUWC Division Newport, Simonpietri Drive, Newport, RI, 02841-1708

ZIP Code

02841-1708

Solicitation Number

N66604-02-R-0331

Response Due

December 31, 2001

Point of Contact

Horace Marsocci, Contract Negotiator, Phone 401-832-1582, Fax 401-832-4820, Email marsoccihj@npt.nuwc.navy.mil -- Ho race Marsocci, Contract Negotiator, Phone 401-832-1582, Fax 401-832-4820, Email marsoccihj@npt.nuwc.navy.mil

Description

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport requests your help in enhancing competition for a forthcoming soli citation. Please provide comments on Draft Solicitation N66604-02-RFC-0331, for the Wide Aperture Array (WAA) Outboard Elec tronics Canister (OBE) Program. The Outboard Electronics Canister (OBE) is a component of the Wide Aperture Array (WAA) AN/BQG-5 Sonar System and the AN/BSY -2 Sonar System. The WAA array consists of a total of six panels, each panel having 64 hydrophones staves. Each hydrophone s tave is composed of seven individual hydrophones. Each OBE provides the necessary signal conditioning, preamplifiers, multip lexing, and other electronic signal conditioning for one of the hydrophone staves (seven hydrophones). Thus there are 384 OB E canisters per AN/BQG-5/BSY-2 System. The OBE produced to this specification shall be mechanically and electrically interch angeable with existing Fleet installed units. Each module has a watertight titanium housing that contains the signal conditi oning electronics. The OBE has two electrical connectors with one connector that connects to the stave assembly and one that connects to the hull penetrator interface cable. All electrical connectors are hermetically sealed and pressure proof. Placement of a five year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract with Fixed Price provisions is anticipated. Item s shall be procured by issuing delivery orders during the term of the contract estimated to total as follows: FY03 ? 324 uni ts, FY04 ? 120 units, FY05 ? 80 units, FY06 ? 80 units, and FY07 ? 80 units. If you consider your company capable of performing this effort, but identify impediments in the Statement of Work (SOW), Con tract Data Requirements List (CDRL), or other requirement of the attachments, please tell us. Provide specific information regarding how our requirements would need to be changed for your firm to be capable of performing the contract, or for compe tition to be optimized generally. Do not send any cost data, resumes or other proprietary information. Any suggested appro aches will not be treated as proprietary, and may be reflected in the formal Request for Proposal (RFP). Our department no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Instead, they may be accessed at our web site http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. We also provide electronic access in our Bid Room.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011031/58SOL003.HTM (A-302 SN5117Q6)