Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.3), Patuxent Naval Air Station, Bldg 2272, Lexington Park, MD 20670

70 -- ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES-CONSOLIDATED AUTOMATED SUPPORT SYSTEM (CASS) POC Contact LCDR E. M. Shine, 301-757-6870/PCO Rene Thompson, 301-757-6911 17. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to award a sole source Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee contract to Lockheed Information Systems Corp. for the acquisition of Test Integration Facility (TIF) Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) maintenance service and CASS asset repair of repairable (ROR). This announcement supercedes submission No. 219204 dated July 6, 1998. 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 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. 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 number of 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. NOAA in Kansas City, MO and the Northrop Grumman Corp. Logistics Technology Center in Chesapeake, VA may also 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 supply 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. Posted 03/22/99 (W-SN311194). (0081)

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