SOLICITATION NOTICE
16 -- DCP Backward Compatibility in support of the MQ-8 Fire Scout Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
- Notice Date
- 5/16/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272, 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, Maryland, 20670, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- N00019-17-RFPREQ-PMA-266-0117
- Archive Date
- 6/16/2017
- Point of Contact
- Paige Armstrong, Phone: 3017575895, Erik R. Barkhimer, Phone: (301)757-9885
- E-Mail Address
-
paige.armstrong@navy.mil, erik.barkhimer@navy.mil
(paige.armstrong@navy.mil, erik.barkhimer@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), NAS Patuxent River, MD, intends to negotiate and award a contract modification with Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation - Aerospace Systems (NGSC-AS), San Diego, CA to transition existing Datalink Control Processor (DCP) software to the Linux operating system to ensure backward compatibility with previous versions of MQ-8 air vehicle software. The proposed contract action(s) are those for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Type of Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements." NGSC-AS is the sole designer, developer, manufacturer, and integrator of the MQ-8 Fire Scout UAS, and therefore is the only contractor with the requisite knowledge, experience, and technical data that can meet the Government's requirements on a timely basis and in a cost effective manner. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. Interested parties, however, may identify their interest and capability by responding to the requirement. The Government will consider all information received prior to the closing date of this synopsis. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract modification based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No phone inquiries will be entertained. Responses shall be made in writing by E-mail, U.S. mail or facsimile to the attention of Paige Armstrong or Erik Barkhimer using the contract information provided in this synopsis. Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation - Aerospace Systems attention: Vicky Harper-Hall, Socio-Economic Programs Sector Manager, Email: vicky.harper-hall@ngc.com or Phone: (310) 331-3824.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVAIR/N00019/N00019-17-RFPREQ-PMA-266-0117/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: San Diego, California, United States
- Record
- SN04510929-W 20170518/170516235106-e6e08c6a3b5afdfb8d511064a10a0232 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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