SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Sources Sought for National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) Compliance Upgrade in support of PMA-265
- Notice Date
- 1/9/2023 6:03:28 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336411
— Aircraft Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND PATUXENT RIVER MD 20670-5000 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20670-5000
- Solicitation Number
- 23002
- Response Due
- 1/24/2023 2:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- William D. Gentry, Phone: 3017577069, Rachel Stauffer
- E-Mail Address
-
william.d.gentry20.civ@us.navy.mil, rachel.e.stauffer.civ@us.navy.mil
(william.d.gentry20.civ@us.navy.mil, rachel.e.stauffer.civ@us.navy.mil)
- Description
- DISCLAIMER THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.� THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.� IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.� RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.� NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.� ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. INTRODUCTION The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Patuxent River, MD (V2231) intends to negotiate and award a new Delivery Order under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N0001920G0007 on a sole source basis to The Raytheon Company (Raytheon) for the management and integration of the required upgrades to APG-79 Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar Production Test Stations as per the latest NISPOM requirements. �Raytheon is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the APG-79 AESA radar system with the intricate knowledge of various avionics, targeting, and sensor systems installed aboard the USN and FMS aircraft weapon systems.� The Government does not possess a technical data package with Government Purpose Rights for the APG-79 AESA radar system.� This data package is required in order to perform the upgrades to the APG-79 AESA Radar Production Test Stations.� As such, NAVAIR has determined Raytheon is the only responsible source capable of meeting the Government�s minimum needs. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. �It is a market research tool being used to determine if any firm other than Raytheon can provide the services described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a Request for Proposal. �The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this sources sought. ELIGIBILITY The PSC for this requirement is 5841, Radar Equipment, Airborne.� The NAICS is 336411, Aircraft Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,500 people. ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE The estimated award date for this procurement is 31 May 2023 with a period of performance of approximately 12 months (1 June 2023 � 31 May 2024). REQUIREMENTS OF THIS EFFORT Raytheon shall upgrade 4 APG-79 AESA Radar Production Test Stations to Windows 10.� Raytheon shall replace instrumentation using operation system drivers with instrumentation using Windows 10 Drivers.� This upgrade shall also address obsolescence issues on several components of these APG-79 AESA Radar Production Test Stations.� Upon completion of the upgrades, Raytheon shall perform validation and verification of each of these APG-79 AESA Radar Production Test Stations.� RESPONSES Responses to this sources sought notice shall be sent to william.d.gentry20.civ@us.navy.mil. �Submissions must be received at the office cited no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 24 January 2023.� Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Rachel Stauffer via email at rachel.e.stauffer.civ@us.navy.mil.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06559859-F 20230111/230109230107 (samdaily.us)
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