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J -- RETROFIT AIP-FW NOSECONES FOR GPS AND DATA LINK ANTENNAS. SOL N00421-00-R-0493 DUE 062100 POC Charles Littleton 301-757-9787 / Contracting Officer D. Lorraine Williams 301-9708 WEB: Click here to view the RFP, http://www.navair.navy.mil/business/ecommerce/index.cfm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact specialist via e-mail, LittletonCK@navair.navy.mil. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DFARS 2522.204 "Required Central Contractor Registration" applies to all solicitation issued on/after 6/1/98. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Please ensure compliance with this regulation when submitting your offer. Call 1-888-227-2423 or view at http://www.ccr2000.com for more information. This is a notice of intend to negotiate with AIL Systems Inc., 455 Commack Road, Deer Park, New York 11729-4591 on an other than full-and-open competitive basis for conversion and retrofit of up to 96 Airborne Instrumentation Package-Fixed Wing (AIP-FW) Nosecone and associated technical data, repair services, and spare antenna subassemblies. The conversion consists of changing the operating frequency of the nosecone from 144 MHz to 433 MHz and the retrofit consists of replacing the 180 Hemispherical GPS Antenna with a 360 Spherical Antenna. The Government estimate a delivery date of seven months after the date of award for the first 15 nosecones and six weeks thereafter for each additional 15 nosecones. A Firm Fixed Requirements contract is anticipated for a base year and four (4) one-year options, for a total of five (5) years. Award is anticipated on or before 30 September 2000. This requirement is being procured under statutory authority permitting other than full-and-open competition, 10 US Code Section 2304 (c) (1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All inquiries must be addressed in writing to the following address: Contracts Competency, Code 25521C, Charles Littleton, Building 588, Suite 2, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, 47253 Whalen Road, Unit 588, Patuxent River, Maryland 20670-1463, email at LittletonCK@navair.navy.mil. Responses to this notice must be made within fifteen (15) days after this notice is posted electronically, and should include company name, point of contact, address, area code and telephone number, fax number, email address, and company literature. Consideration of the responses is solely within the discretion of the Government, generally for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Navy intends to release the solicitation via the Internet on or about 22 May 2000 under solicitation N00421-00-R-0493. The appropriate SIC code is 3812. Questions regarding this announcement should be addressed to Charles Littleton, code 25521C, (301) 757-9787, or via email at LittletonCK@navair.navy.mil. See Note 22 Posted 05/04/00 (W-SN451147). (0125)

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