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14 -- RECEIVER-EXCITER SOL N0038398R0033 DUE 033198 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Point, James F Ulrich, 0224.01, (215)697-1294, Fax, (215)697-3161 NSN 7R-1430-01-247-5025-GF, Ref Nr (82577) 3525022-50, Qty 54 EA, Deliver to Defense Distribt'n Depot San Diego San Diego CA, RDD 30 -- The subject item requires Government source approval prior to contract award, as the item is flight critical and/or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. Only the source(s) previously approved by the government for this item have been solicited. The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. If you are not an approved source you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in the (a href="http://www.navicp.navy.mil/ prodserv/source/source.htm") U.S. Navy Aviation Supply Office Source Approval Information Brochure.(/a) This brochure identifies technical data required to be submitted based on your company's experience in production of the same or similiar item, or if this is an item you have never made. This brochure can be obtained by calling NAVICP-P at (215) 697- 4243. If your request for source approval is currently being evaluated at NAVICP-P, submit with your offer a copy of the cover letter which forwarded your request for source approval. Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure or document previous submission of all data required by the Source Approval Brochure will not be considered for award under this solicitation. Please note, if evaluation of a source approval request submitted hereunder cannot be processed in time and/ or approval requirements preclude the ability to obtain subject items in time to meet government requirements, award of the subject requirement may continue based on Fleet support needs. The solicitation in process will establish a long-term, firm-fixed price repair contract for a period of three (3) base years, plus two (2) option years. This contract will provide for the repair, modification and/oroverhaul of seventy-seven (77) separate components of the APG65 Radar utilized on F/A-18 aircraft. Only the five (5) highest cost repair items areidentified in this announcement. A complete list is available upon receipt of a written request. Note that the quantities listed are maximum cumulative quantities for the entire five (5) year period, inclusive of option years. Award of the long-term contract itself will not provide funding for any actual repairs. Rather, repairs will be contracted for through award of individual delivery orders to be placed against the long term contract (LTC). Note especially that the government intends to negotiate with RaytheonTechnical Services Company (formerly Hughes Technical Services), LongBeach, CA, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), and with licensees, Philips and AEG, the only known approved sources. Technical data, such as drawings, specifications, and test, evaluation and repair procedures, neededto perform the required services, is not available from the government. Additionally, the performance of these services requires peculiar test and repair equipment that is not available from the government. Any other source which has repaired these items previously, and/or haslegally obtained the applicable data and has the necessary repair capability,may seek repair source qualification approval. Detailed informationconcerning the requirements and procedures for obtaining such approval arecontained in NAVICP's "SOURCE APPROVAL INFORMATION" booklet,which may be obtained by submitting a written request to NAVICP'S Source Development Department, attn.: code 073. However, award of this contract May not be delayed pending the processing of any such source approval request. 7R 1430-01-216-8123 GF, (82577) 3525041-150, PROCESSOR, RADAR, 76 EA 7R 1430-01-216-8124 GF, (82577) 3525041-145, PROCESSOR, RADAR, 7 EA 7R 5985-01-360-3828 GF, (82577) 3556900-25, ANTENNA SUB-ASSY, 124 EA 7R 5999-01-150-6788 GF, (82577) 3575280, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, 90 EA, See Note 22 (ACAVI0212024-062) (0043)

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