Contracting Competency, Buidling 588, MS-32, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland 20670-5304

59 -- INSTALLATION AND CHECKOUT SPARES SOL N00421-96-R-1003 DUE 091895 POC Carnell M. Mosley, Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1824 Ext. 186/ Janice Tyson, Contracting Officer, (301) 342-1824 Ext. 134. This is a notice of intent to negotiate with Satellite Transmission Systems (STS), 125 Kennedy Drive, Hauppauge, New York 11788 on an other than full and open competitive basis for the procurement of two each X-Band Down Converters 1 kHz Step (P\N: DC 7001), two each X-Band Up Converters 1 kHz Step (P\N: UC 8001), and three each Pin Diode Attenuators (P\N: D58489-5) to support the Transportable Satellite Earth Terminals (TSET). The government intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Satellite Transmission Systems because STS possesses the proprietary data necessary to manufacture the required spares. See numbered Note 22. (0262)

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