Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, 6703 W. Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001

58 -- SIDE SCAN SONAR SYSTEM, UNIT 004 SOL N61331-99-Q-3018 DUE 060799 POC Buyer -- Inge McCaughey, (850) 234-4719, FAX (850) 234-4251; Contracting Officer, Carol A. Dreger, (850) 234-4863 WEB: www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm, www.ncsc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Mccaughey_Inge@ncsc.navy.mil, Mccaughey_Inge@ncsc.navy.mil. The Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, intends to award a sole source contract to Marine Sonic Technology, LTD., White Marsh, VA for the acquisition of 1 each Side Scan Sonar System, Unit 004. This acquisition is unsuitable for full and open competition because Marine Sonic Tech, as the system designer of units 001, 002, and 003, is the only company which has all the resident knowledge required to build the additional system. The government does not own the technical data package for the sonar system. Note 22 applies. Posted 05/24/99 (W-SN334725). (0144)

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