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K -- MODIFY/UPGRADE AN/APG-68 TRANSMITTERS BEING PROVIDED AS GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY (GEP) UNDER THE AN/SPQ-9B RADAR PROGRAM SOL N00024-99-R-5212 POC Contact Person, Contracting Officer, G. Michael Dodd, SEA 02522, (703)602-8000, Ext 568 The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to modify Contract N00024-94-C-5441 with Northrop Grumman Norden Systems, Inc. (NGNS) of 65 Marcus Drive, Melville, NY 11747, to add new scope work to the existing development, low-rate-initial-production (LRIP) contract. The contract currently stipulates that the AN/APG-68 Transmitters, which were originally developed and produced by NGNS, are currently being provided as Government Furnished Property (GFP) for incorporation into the AN/SPQ-9B Radar System. This modification to the GFP is correct the transmitter stability, transmitter reliability, and configuration problems while reducing power issues which currently exists. NGNS is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and the sole producer of the AN/APG-68 Transmitter for the USAF. Therefore, no other firm possesses the technical expertise required to analyze and design a modification to this GFP, which will This new scope change order modification will be issued pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). "Only one or a limited number of responsible sources and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements". See Numbered Note(s): 22 Posted 02/19/99 (W-SN300029). (0050)

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