SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- A160 Hummingbird VTOL UAV
- Notice Date
- 12/31/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-1714
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1714
- Solicitation Number
- N00421-09-G-0005-DO-0002
- Archive Date
- 2/5/2009
- Point of Contact
- Theresa A Newton,, Phone: (301) 757-8943
- E-Mail Address
-
theresa.newton@navy.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWC AD) requires the execution of a Military Utility Assessment (MUA) and integration of the A160 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) order will procure engineering, systems engineering, development, integration, and testing necessary to provide mature and reliable A160T UAS with relevant payloads for military utility assessment and extended user evaluation. The primary objective will focus on integration, demonstration, and potential transition of the Vertical Take Off and Landing of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTOL UAV). The planning effort will cover both Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS). In accordance with FAR 6.302-1, “Only one responsible source and not other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements”, this requirement will be negotiated on a sole source basis with Frontier Systems, Inc., A wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, 15320A Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92618. This is mainly due to the fact that the A160 and associated technical data is proprietary to Frontier Systems, Inc. The total dollar value of this procurement is estimated to be $16,000,000. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Interested parties should submit the following information describing their capabilities to the Primary Point of Contact, Ms. Theresa Newton: a company pamphlet, brochure, or description of the company’s abilities/history with this type of service; a description of the equipment to be utilized including methods of transporting equipment to the place of performance in Irvine, CA, if available- potential cost associated with the travel and the collection and analysis of data; the name and telephone number of a company representative that can be contacted, and the company’s address, with in 15 days of this announcement to the contract person listed in this announcement. Companies interested in responding to this request for proposal must possess a SECRET facility clearance. Interested parties MAY be required to obtain/enter into a non-disclosure agreement with Frontier Systems, Inc. See Number Note 26. Once responses are received, interested parties may be requested to provide a presentation to further describe their capabilities. Written responses to this announcement can be submitted to: Theresa Newton NAWCAD Contracts 2.5.1.4.5.2 21983 Bundy Road, Bldg 441 Patuxent River, MD 20670 Theresa.newton@navy.mil “THERE IS NO COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION, MAKE AN AWARD OR BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MONEIS EXPENDED BY ANY INTERESTED PARTIES IN SUPPORT OF THE EFFORT MENTIONED ABLE. INFORMATION PROVIED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND IN NO WAY BINDS THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLICIT OR AWARD A CONTRACT/DELIVERY ORDER.”
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Frontier Systems, Inc., 15320A Burranca Pkwy, Irvine, California, 92618, United States
- Zip Code: 92618
- Zip Code: 92618
- Record
- SN01725989-W 20090102/081231214430-b41699f460f755513bede838a3316ee0 (fbodaily.com)
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