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

58 -- COMMUNICATION, DETECTION, AND COHERENT RADIATION EQUIPMENT SOL N61331-99-R-0041 DUE 080799 POC Buyer-Kevin Soucy, 850-235-5058; Contracting Officer, Carol Dreger, 850-234-4863 WEB: www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm, www.ncsc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Soucy_Kevin@ncsc.navy.mil, Soucy_Kevin@ncsc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida, intends to award a sole-source firm fixed price contract to Raytheon Company, Naval and Maritime Systems, Portsmouth, RI for the production and delivery of six (6) AN/AQS-20 Sonar Mine Detecting Sets with an option for an additional two (2) systems. Because of the transition to organic airborne mine countermeasures it is anticipated that this acquisition will be the entire production quantity of these systems to be acquired for the dedicated airborne mine countermeasures force. This acquisition is unsuitable for full and open competition for the following reasons. This action is being undertaken in accordance with the approved AN/AQS-20 Acquisition Plan No. AIR 90-37-01 which provided for acquiring the first three production lots from the system developer. Revision 1-99 to this plan establishes the 6 systems (and 2 optional systems) as the total production quantity. Raytheon is and has been the sole developer of the AN/AQS-20 system since the competitive award of the E&MD phase contract (Contract No. N00024-93-C-6328) in 1992. The E&MD phase required resolution of significant technical problems. Raytheon, in overcoming these problems and given the complexity of the AN/AQS-20 system, is the only source possessing the expertise, internal technical data, equipment, and experienced personnel necessary to successfully produce the systems. The technical data package for the system is not final as of this date. Additionally, this is a follow-on contract for the production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, within the exact meaning of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii). Use of any other vendor would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that, given the limited number of systems being acquired, is not expected to be recovered through competition. Posted 07/23/99 (W-SN358486). (0204)

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