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20 -- PROCURE THREE (3) AN/SPQ-9B LIGHTWEIGHT ANTENNA ENGINEERING CHANGE KITS (ECKS), AND A SPQ-9B PROCESSOR WITH STIMULATOR FOR AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT SITE (CSEDS) UNDER THE AN/SPQ-9B RADAR PROGRAM SOL N00024-99-R-5221 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. This new scope work will be for the production of three (3) AN/SPQ-9B Lightweight Antenna Engineering Change Kits (ECKs) and a SPQ-9B Processor with Stimulator for the AEGIS Combat System Engineering Development Site (CSEDS). Each Lightweight Antenna Engineering Change Kit will consist of a Slotted-Array Antenna, Pedestal Electronics Kit, Junction Box, and those consumable installation materials required to modify the below deck AN/SPQ-9B Radar equipment. The Stimulator shall enhance the AN/SPQ-9B Processor's capability to function as a stand-alone unit while integrating the radar system with the AEGIS Combat System. NGNS is the original designer, developer, and sole manufacturer of the AN/SPQ-9B Radar System. Therefore, no other firm possesses the technical expertise required to produce the said items. This new scope change 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 05/07/99 (W-SN329061). (0127)

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