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

59 -- MK 16 MOD 0 WATER BLOCK CABLES SOL N61331-99-R-0042 DUE 092299 POC Buyer -- Jesse Johnson, (850) 234-4539; Contracting Officer, Carol Dreger, (850) 234-4863 WEB: www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm, www.ncsc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Johnson_Jesse@ncsc.navy.mil, Johnson_Jesse@ncsc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida intends to issue a contract for the procurement of MK-16 Mod 0 Water Blocked Cables. The competition for the contract will be limited to SeaCon Phoenix, South Bay Cable, Amplenol Corp, and Carleton Technologies. The cables are intended for use in the MK-16 Mod 0 Underwater Breathing Apparatus in the proximity of underwater magnetic influence ordnance. The MK-16 is used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) divers to conduct under water operations. The divers often operate against influenced fused explosives loaded ordnance including naval mines. Only those articles that have been successfully tested are qualified. Procedures are specified under SS521-AA-MAN-010 U.S. Navy Diving and Manned Hyperbaric Certification Manual. The objective of this process is to verify that the life support system provides acceptable levels of diver safety throughout the specified operating range when approved operating and maintenance procedures are followed. The intent of the process is to provide maximum reasonable assurance that an accident will not occur and establishes maximum reasonable assurance that the diver may be recovered without injury if there is an accident. SeaCon Phoenix, South Bay Cable, Amplenol Corp, and Carleton Technologies are the only companies that have been qualified by cognizant authority to provide the MK-16 Mod 0 Water Blocked Cables. See Note 22. Posted 08/04/99 (W-SN363035). (0216)

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