Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bethesda, MD 20084-5000

20 -- CLOSED LOOP DEGUASSING SYSTEM (CLDG) COMPONENTS FOR MDG1701 SYSTEM SOL N00167-00-R-0065 DUE 091200 POC Scott Sentz, Code 3324, Contract Specialist, (301) 227-5822/Contracting Officer, Renee Cairo-Iocco Pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii), the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) plans to contract without providing for full and open competition with BAE SYSTEMS, Integrated Defense Solutions, Inc., 6500 Tracor Lane, Austin, Texas 78725-2070. The resultant contract will be an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Delivery Order utilizing a Firm-Fixed-Price type pricing structure. The proposed contract will include the following requirements (note, the term "new" refers to items produced using new components, while the term "modified" refers to items produced by modifying Government furnished (GFM) material): (1) Proof of concept including 1 each of new and modified Power Amplifiers (L40-7470), 1 each of new and modified Power Rack (L40-7456), 1 each of new and modified Control Rack (L40-7455), and 1 each of new and modified Bridge Control Unit (L40-7452); (2) Rotation Pool consisting of 100 each of new and modified Power Amplifiers (L40-7470), 15 each of new and modified Power Rack (L40-7456), 1 each of new and modified Control Rack (L40-7455), 1 each of new and modified Bridge Control Unit (L40-7452), 1 each of new Monitor Module (L40-7464), 1 each of new Auto Module (L40-7465), 1 each of new Back Up Module (L40-7466), 1 each of new Oscillator Module (L40-7467), and 1 each of new Power Supply Module (L40-7468); (3) A total of 10 Ship Sets, with each Ship Set consisting of 90 each of modified Power Amplifiers (L40-7470), 15 each of modified Power Rack (L40-7456), 1 each of modified Control Rack (L40-7455), and 1 each of modified Bridge Control Unit (L40-7452); (4) Ship Set Trainer consisting of 42 each of modified Power Amplifiers (L40-7470), 7 each of modified Power Rack (L40-7456), 1 each of moodified Control Rack (L40-7455), and 1 each of modified Bridge Control Unit (L40-7452); (5) Government specified not to exceed amounts (NTE) will include requirements for Alteration Equivalent to Repair, Installation, and Travel and Per Diem; (6) Data Requirements will not be separately priced (NSP). The design rights in data to the MDG1701 ship degaussing system, installed on the MCM Class of ships, are now owned by BAE SYSTEMS, Inc., Austin, Texas was formerly the Tracor Division of Marconi Avionics, Command and Control Division, Norcross, Georgia. The original suppliers of the MDG1701 System and its modifications for CLDG are Marconi Command and Control Systems and GEC Marconi Avionics, which have recently reorganized, expanded to the US through the acquisition of Tracor, Inc. and merged with British Aerospace. Now the combined corporate entity, retaining control of the MDG1701 system design and manufacturing rights, is BAE SYSTEMS, Inc. Since all original designs of the MDG1701 system and related eqquipment are marked proprietary, only BAE SYSTEMS is capable of performing on this requirement without significant duplication of cost and unnecessary scheduling delays. Consequently, the FAR cite supporting Other than Full and Open Competition is FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii), only one responsible source and no other hardware or services will satisfy agency requirements. Numbered Notes: 22 Posted 07/24/00 (W-SN478156). (0206)

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