SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- Request for Interested Manufacturers 5841-01-551-8554CW, APY-1/2 RF Switch
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, PK/PZ - Robins AFB, 215 Page Rd, Robins AFB, Georgia, 31098-1611, United States
- ZIP Code
- 31098-1611
- Solicitation Number
- 5841-01-551-8554
- Archive Date
- 8/17/2018
- Point of Contact
- April M. Walls, Phone: 4789264717
- E-Mail Address
-
april.walls@us.af.mil
(april.walls@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Template (Request for Interested Manufacturers) FROM: Sam Williams, 407 SCMS/GULB TO: DLA Aviation Procurement Operations at Warner Robins (SPRWA1) LOCATION: Robins AFB, GA 31098-1813 FBO Post Title: Request for Interested Manufacturers 5841-01-551-8554CW, APY-1/2 RF Switch SUBJECT: Market research is being conducted to identify potential sources that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements for qualification and production of the Radio Frequency Switch (RF Switch, PN A249001-1 or 561R866H01. ITEM DESCRIPTION: The RF Switch is used on the USAF, E-3 Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) aircraft. This surveillance aircraft uses sophisticated, high-performance, airborne radar for detecting location, altitude, course and speed of large numbers of targets. In conjunction with other mission systems the radar provides the mission capability to detect, track, control and report targets. IMPEDIMENT TO COMPETITION: The original equipment specification design authority for this item is Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC) (CAGE 97942), which maintains its configuration by part number. The original equipment manufacturer is NGSC's selected source, Mercury Systems Inc. (CAGE 3FDH9). The Government does not own any data, drawings, schematics, or any other releasable technical data in support of this requirement. Mercury Systems Inc. is the only known source with adequate knowledge of the RF Switch performance requirements and possession of the required technical data and capabilities needed to produce this item and ensure compatibility of the equipment. INTEREST The DLA/AWB Contracting Office intends to award a sole source contract to Mercury Systems Inc. for the manufacture of the RF Switch in support of the United States Air Force AWACS aircraft program. Other interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement no later than 02 Aug 2018 to Sam Williams, samuel.williams.1@us.af.mil and/or dla.dlr.proc@us.af.mil. The Government intends to procure these items using Other Than Full and Open Competition as prescribed by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. DISCLAIMER T h i s s o u r c e s s ou g h t synopsis is f o r i nf or m a t i o n a l p u rpo s e s o nl y. T h i s is n o t a req u e s t f or propo s a l. I t d oe s n o t c o ns t i tu t e a s o l ic i t a t i o n, a n d s h a l l n o t be c o n s t r u e d as a c o mmi t m e n t by t he g over n m e nt. Re s p o ns e s in a n y f or m a r e n o t o ff er s, a n d t he g over n m e n t is u nd e r n o o b l i g a t i o n t o awa r d a c o nt r act as a re sul t o f t h is a nn o u n c e m e n t. N o f u n d s a r e a v ai l ab l e t o p ay f o r prep a r a t i o n o f re s po n s e s t o t h i s a nn o u n c e m e n t. A n y i nf or ma t i o n s u bm i t t e d by re s po nd e n t s t o t his t e c h n ic a l d e s c r i p t i o n is s t r ic t l y vo lu n t a r y.
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