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

59 -- CONNECTORS FOR THE MK16 UNDERWATER BREATHING APPARATUS SOL N61331-99-Q-1818 DUE 091099 POC Buyer -- Jesse Johnson, (850) 234-4539; Contracting Officer-Carol Dreger, (850) 234-4863, FAX (850) 234-4251 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 purchase order to Amphenol Aerospace for the procurement of connectors for the MK-16 Underwater Breathing Apparatus (UBA). The MK-16 Mod 0 Underwater Breathing Apparatus is a life support system used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) divers and Naval Special Warfare divers in the proximity of underwater magnetic influence ordnance. The apparatus uses water-blocked cables to transmit signals to display devices that inform the diver of UBA status. 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. Amphenol Aerospace is the only company that has been qualified by cognizant authority to provide connectors for the MK-16 Mod 0 Water Blocked Cables. See Note 22. Posted 08/19/99 (W-SN370177). (0231)

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