SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP),4 1/2-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract, with an ordering ceiling of $12.5M, for the acquisition of repair services of the AN/ARC-231, Multi-mode Aviation Radio System (MARS)
- Notice Date
- 7/11/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG (C4ISR), HQ CECOM CONTRACTING CENTER, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, ABERDEEN PROVING GROU, MD 21005-1846
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T11RA204
- Archive Date
- 7/10/2012
- Point of Contact
- Dondi R. Davis-Timothy, 443-861-4650
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG (C4ISR)
(dondi.r.davis-timothy.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO CONTRACTORS UNDER W15P7T-11-R-A204. The United States Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground (C41SR), Maryland 21005, intends to solicit and award a Sole Source, four and one-half-year, Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity type contract in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source. The Government intends to procure repair services of the AN/ARC-231, Multi-mode Aviation Radio System (MARS). The anticipated effort is intended to be Sole Source to Raytheon Corporation, 1010 Production Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The AN/ARC-231, (MARS), which is a multi-mode radio that provides Line of Sight (LOS) and Non Line of Sight (NLOS) communications on Army Aviation platforms. This capability includes secure/non-secure two-way voice and data communications over the 30-512 MHz frequency range. The ARC-231 radios provide the ARC-164/KY-58 (HAVEQUICK) UHF waveform, ARC-186/KY-58 (AM/FM and Air Traffic Control) VHF waveform, UHF Military SATCOM, and Civil Land Mobile Radio (LMR) portion of the JTRS Interim Radio requirement. The ARC-231 also is capable of limited SINCGARS functionality. The AN/ARC-231 is required for successful accomplishment of airborne combat missions, and is used in all front-line Army aircraft platforms, including the AH-64D Apache, CH-47F Chinook, and UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. Raytheon is the original equipment manufacturer of the MARS and its components and is the only known source that possesses the expertise and knowledge to produce and repair the MARS components. The Government does not possess a Technical Data Package (TDP) for the MARS. The technical data for this item is proprietary to Raytheon: Consequently, any source other than Raytheon would have to conduct reverse engineering efforts in order to design components that would operate with the MARS. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334220. The contract requirements will include the RT-1808A, NSN 5821-01-500-4770 and its associated Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs), the RT Modem, NSN 5998-01-567-8222 and its CCAs, the RT Guard Pre-Selector, NSN 5998-01-567-9641and its CCAs, the RT Power Supply, NSN5998-01-567-9556, the C-12601 Remote Indicator NSN 5821-01-503-3799, C-12608 Fill Panel, NSN5821-01-503-3800, C-12609 Fill Panel NSN5895-01-554-6073, the AM-7565 RF Amplifier NSN 5996-01-503-8589, AM-7566 Pre-Amplifier NSN 5996-01-503-8094, MT-7321 RT MT+KAB NSN 5975-01-555-9367, the KAB Box NSN 6160-01-554-5099, MT-7166 Mounting Base NSN 5975-01-504-7745, MT-7168 Mounting Base NSN 5975-01-504-7746 and AM-7529 Radio Frequency Amplifier NSN 5996-01-506-9366. The estimated maximum amount for this effort is $12,500,000.00. The Solicitation Number assigned to this effort is W15P7T-11-R-A204 and will be issued on or about 29 July 2011. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to response to the requirement or submit proposals NO LATER THAN (NLT) 05 August 2011 by close of business (COB) 5:00pm-EST-US. All proposals will be evaluated by the Government. Please contact Dwight Hill, Dwight.A.Hill10.civ@mail.mil at 443-861-4648, or Dondi Davis-Timothy, Dondi.R.Davis-Timothy.civ@mail.mil at 443-861-8650, with any questions or concerns. All parties interested in doing business with Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) (ACC - APG (C4ISR)) is invited to access the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi?ASFI_FAQ.cfm Upon accessing this web page, look for the tab titled "ASFI for Industry". Under the "ASFI for Industry" tab you will be able to: check for business opportunities by clicking on the Contract Opportunities Search link, receive notifications by clicking on the Vendor Notification Service link. Vendor cannot submit responses via the Vendor Bid History. Vendors can only view "high level" information regarding the response. No registration is needed for the Vendor to browse for business opportunities. For the Vendor to receive notifications he merely needs to provide company Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and E-Mail address. To submit a response the Vendor must provide the CAGE Code and Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN). Your company must be registered and current in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) in order to submit bids/proposals on ASFI. Please be advised that hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. You must download solicitation documents from the ASFI. Instructions on how to use ASFI to include; receiving notification, submitting and uploading bids or proposals, formatting and system requirements are provided at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi?ASFI_FAQ.cfm. For Technical ASFI assistance please e-mail help desk at ASFI@conus.army.mil.
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