Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

70 -- SOLE SOURCE-MILITARIZED AN/UYK-43 COMPONENTS SOL N00178-97-R-2017 POC Rick Ballenger, Code SD129, Contract Specialist, (540) 653-7942 WEB: NSWCDD Procurement Homepage, http://proc_div.nswc.navy.mil/. E-MAIL: Submit questions or request for the solicitation., slongbr@nswc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, (NSWCDD), intends to noncompetitively procure militarized AN/UYK-43 Tactical Computer Naval Tactical Data Systems (NTDS) parallel and Low Level Serial (LLS) interface boards and cable harnesses. This equipment is required to fulfill operational and activation requirements in support of training, testing, and problem resolution for AEGIS Class ships. This action will fulfill requirement in support of equipment configurations at the AEGIS Computer Center (ACC) and AEGIS Education Center (AEC), Dahlgren, VA., and the AEGIS Combat Systems Center (ACSC), Wallops Island, VA. This will be a sole source procurement with LOCKHEED MARTIN Tactical Defense Systems, St. Paul, MN. NSWCDD will award a firm fixed-price contract. LOCKHEED MARTIN is the single manufacturer and supplier of all UYK-43 computer harnesses and interface cards for AEGIS ships. Outside inquiries must be submitted in writing, include the size status of the company requesting the solicitation, and the reason for the request. NSWCDD is implementing Electronic Commerce (EC) in the acquisition arena; therefore, this synopsis and resulting solicitation, with any applicable amendments will also be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.mil/ under Procurement Division or http://proc_div.nswc.navy.mil/ See Numbered Note: 22 (0127)

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