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69 -- TRAINING AIDS AND DEVICES -- EA-6B WEAPONS SYSTEMS TRAINER, DEVICE 2F178 SOL N61339-98-C-0047 DUE 082100 POC Contact Tim Cichon, Contract Specialist, 407/380-4083, or Anthony Cibos, Contracting Officer, 407/380-8172 The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA), Inc., Arlington, VA under authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Using the current design and assorted hardware, software and interconnections previously procured for the program, the contractor shall be responsible for providing a complete EA-6B Weapons Systems Trainer, Device 2F178. The contractor shall be responsible for design, fabrication, integration, documentation, shipping, installation and testing of the device. The training device shall be located at Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan. As a subcontractor under the prime contract, EWA has intimate knowledge of the current design, the remaining requirements and technology aspects of the EA-6B Weapons Systems Trainer, Device 2F178 Program. Through EWA's working relationship with the previous prime contractor, EWA has gained unique and extensive knowledge of the EA-6B Weapons Systems Trainer as designed by the prime. Because the contract requires in-depth knowledge of the current design (including the prime contractor's proprietary Mission Simulator System (MSS) and the Human Interface Data Acquisition System (HIDAS)), award through competition would require substantial duplication of cost that the Government would not recover through competition and would create unacceptable delays in fulfilling the EA-6B's mission requirements. In addition, key elements of the Tactics station were developed but not delivered by EWA. Any other contractor would have to start over with a new design, which would require as much as an additional 18 months of development time to reach the same stage of completion that EWA is now in. To meet timeframes, milestones, and schedules, EWA has established relationships with key personnel, who were instrumental in the design of the trainer, have worked on the program for the past two years and can perform the required contract. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested sources must submit detailed technical capabilities, pricing, and any other information, which demonstrates their ability to meet the needs of the Government. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to the above address (Attn: Tim Cichon) by AUGUST 21, 2000. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses shall be limited to no more than FIVE pages. This synopsis is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative written response is received, the contract will be awarded without further notice. Posted 08/02/00 (W-SN481203). (0215)

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