Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Contracts Department, Building 129-2, Highway 547, Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5083

J -- MAINTENANCE SERVICE FOR TEST INTEGRATION FACILITY CASS ASSETS SOL N68335-98-Q-0279 DUE 072198 POC Mr. Carl Ruzicka, Code 2131, (732)323-2741 The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with Lockheed Martin Information Systems Corp. for the acquisition of Test Integration Facility (TIF) Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) maintenance service and CASS asset repair of repairables. The Navy intends to issue a delivery order to Lockheed Martin Information Systems under BOA N68335-97-G-0222. The contractor shall provide on-site TIF maintenance services, repair of repairables (ROR), engineering technical support, ROR failure mode analysis and data gathering, asset inventory management, distribution, and tracking, and station installation support ashore and afloat for the CASS, AN/USM-636. The contractor shall plan, organize, manage, operate, and control functional areas necessary to provide these services. It is anticipated that the order may cover services up to a three year period beginning approximately 1 March 1999. Maintenance services shall consist of: inspection, installation, removal, replacement, adjustment, alignment, assembly, disassembly, testing, troubleshooting, repair and calibration of CASS stations and related subsystems, ancillaries, support equipment, and support of support equipment (SOS). The contractor shall provide a sufficient quantity of experienced personnel at the TIF in Jacksonville, FL to support CASS Test Program Set integration for 2 shifts per day, 5 days per week. A third shift shall be reserved for scheduled station maintenance. Other Navy/Marine Corps sites such as Patuxent River, MD, Lakehurst, NJ, North Island, CA, Crane, IN, and Cherry Point, NC may require support service. Also, NOAA in Kansas City, MO and the Northrop Grumman Corp. Logistics Technology Center in Chesapeake, VA may require support service. Repair of Repairable services shall consist of inspection, diagnostic testing, troubleshooting, repair, adjustment, alignment, calibration, materials, and technical support necessary to return CASS assets to a Ready For Issue (RFI) condition. The contractor shall supply experienced engineering personnel at contractor's facility to provide the expertise required for on-call support to CASS users. The contractor shall provide asset/component failure mode analysis with data collection in support of NAWC A/D Lakehurst CASS engineering reliability and maintainability program. The Navy intends to procure these services under the authority of 10 USC 2304 (C)(1), FAR 6.302-1. Lockheed Martin is the designer, developer and original equipment manufacturer of the CASS stations and is the only known company with the capability to support this requirement. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit a proposal which may be used by the government in determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses must be received in writing no later than 15 days after publication of this notice and reference N68335-98-Q-0279. A determination by the government not to open this requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is entirely within the discretion of the government. Posted 07/06/98. (0187)

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