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

A -- OMNIDIRECTIONAL TELEROBOTIC TRANSPORTER MISSION, SENSOR, AND APPLICATIONS HARDWARE R&D SUPPORT SOL N61331-99-Q-1819 DUE 092099 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 Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, NSWC, Panama City, FL 32407-7001 intends to issue a Purchase Order on a sole-source basis to Cobalt Research, LLC, 7308 Silent Bird CT., Columbia, MD 21046-1247. The Purchase Order will be for the development and evaluation of alternative Universal Omnidirectinal Telerobotic Transporter (UOTT) missions and required sensors, video systems and application hardware. The contractor will identify, develop and evaluate the alternative missions and supporting technology. This acquisition is unsuitable for full and open competition as Cobalt Research is the original developer of the primary sensors and vision system employed on the UOTT and to award to another contractor would be a duplication of efforts that have already been performed by Cobalt Research and the time it would take to duplicate the efforts would be too excessive as well as cost would be too excessive. See Note 22. Posted 09/07/99 (W-SN377008). (0250)

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