COASTSYSTA Dahlgren Division, NSWC, 6703 West Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001

61 -- AN/AQS-20 TOW CABLE SOL N61331-97-R-0009 DUE 121596 POC Joyce Richardson, Contract Specialist, (904)234-4302 Carol A. Dreger, Contracting Officer, (904)234-4863. Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, FL, intends to award a sole source contract to Nortel Limited, Inc. for the acquisition of two tow cables 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 three fiber-optic signal conductors, hard fairings, and load carrying armor. The cable also includes an electro-optical connector(s) and mechanical terminations on both ends. As the cable designer, Nortel Limited is the only company which has all of the resident knowledge required to provide cables which meet all of the Government's requirements. The Government does not own the technical data package for the tow cable. The cost of this one-time sole source procurement is significantly lower than the cost of acquiring the technical data package and preparing a competitive acquisitions package. The point of contact for this action is Joyce Richardson, phone: (904)234-4302, fax: (904) 234-4251. Note 22. (0309)

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