Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, NSWC, 6703 West Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001

61 -- AN/AQS-20 TOW CABLE SOL N61331-95-R-0053 DUE 073195 POC John Miller, Contract Specialist, (904)235-5399 Carol A. Dreger, Contracting Officer, (904)234-4863. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida, intends to award a sole-source contract to Northern Telecom for a Tow Cable for the AN/AQS-20 prototype system. The AN/AQS-20 will be used to support airborne mine countermeasures operations. The Tow Cable is used to deploy, tow, and recover the towed body from a helicopter using a winch/davit subsystem. The cable contains electrical controls and signal conductors, electrical power conductors, hard fairings, and load carrying armor. The cable also includes an electro-optical connector(s) and mechanical terminations on both ends. Northern Telecom is the cable designer and is the only company with the resident knowledge necessary to provide a cable that meets all of the governments requirements. The government does not own the technical data package for this cable and the cost for procurement of this cable from Northern Telecom on a one-time basis is significantly lower than the cost of acquiring the technical data package and preparing a competitive acquisition package. Delivery is five months after contract award. Note 22 applies. (0160)

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