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16 -- MANUFACTURE APPROXIMATELY 21 USQ-78 ACOUSTIC UPGRADES AND INSTALL EIGHT FOR THE P-3 AIRCRAFT SOL N00019-00-R-0235 DUE 031500 POC Cindy Gill, Contract Specialist; Phone (301) 757-5246; Fax (301)757-5284 WEB: None, None. E-MAIL: GillCL@navair.navy.mil, GillCL@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters (NAVAIR) has a requirement and intends to issue a contract, N00019-00-R-0235, with Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems (LM NE&SS) Manassas, 9500 Godwin Drive, Mail stop 250/053, Manassas, VA 20110 to manufacture approximately 21 USQ-78 Acoustic Upgrades and install eight. The purpose of this effort is to define, document, and verify an integration and installation design for modifications to obtain a P-3C Update III USQ-78 Upgrade. It is anticipated that the AN/USQ-78 Upgrade Retrofit Kit will be accomplished as a field retrofit to P-3C Update III (including Antisurface Warfare Improvement Program (AIP)) aircraft. At its highest level, the AN/USQ-78 Upgrade Kit is defined to contain the USQ-78B Display Control Unit/Analyzer SubUnit developed under P-3C Block Modification Upgrade Program (BMUP), two Color High Resolution Displays (CHRDs) common with AIP, two Programmable Entry Panels (PEPs) common with AIP, and delivery of necessary computer programs on suitable media. The P-3C Update III AN/USQ-78B Installation Kit is defined to include a modified/replacement E1 electronics rack; parts, materials and assemblies as may be required to modify racks for the installation of CHRDs and PEPs; and any new and/or modified interconnecting cabling required for proper system operation. Under the proposed effort, the contractor will: 1) Incorporate the USQ-78B Display Control Unit/Analyzer SubUnit developed under P-3C Block Modification Upgrade Program (BMUP) into the P-3C Update III AN/USQ-78 Upgrade Program installation design data package that will accommodate the UIII aircraft baseline configurations; 2) Procure, manufacture and modify as necessary 8 system A-Kits and B-kits in FY00 with additional options of 7 and 6 in FY01 and FY02; 3) Perform subsystem integration and verification efforts in Systems Integration Facility (SIF) at the contractors site; 4) Provide material, equipment, and data required to satisfy P-3C Update III AN/USQ-78B Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Logistics Management Information (LMI) requirements; 5) Provide technical support and problem resolution during the period of government conducted Developmental Testing (as an option); 6) install 8 A-Kits/B-Kits procured in FY00 into P-3C UDIII AIP; 7) Support transition from installation kit design and verification and provide technical support and data during production option installation periods to the aircraft installation contractor for the remaining 13 installation procured in FY01 and FY02; 8) Provide plans, data, testing, analyses, reports, and other efforts' attendant to the preceding tasks. This action will be negotiated on a sole source basis with LM NE&SS Manassas under the statutory authority of FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements), as LM NE&SS teamed with Boeing North American is the sole designer, developer, and producer of the AN/USQ-78 Upgrade for P-3C BMUP, and LM NE&SS is the only source capable of manufacturing the USQ-78B within the required schedule. The approximate contract award date is 30 April 2000. This is for information only. See Numbered Note: 22. Posted 02/14/00 (W-SN425078). (0045)

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