A -- MINE COUNTERMEASURE TOW CABLES

Notice Date

November 1, 2001

Contracting Office

Coastal Systems Station, Code XPS100, 6703 W. Hwy 98, Panama City, FL

ZIP Code

00000

Solicitation Number

N61331-02-R-0007

Response Due

December 21, 2001

Point of Contact

CONTACT POINT/CONTRACTING OFFICER: Contract Specialist/John Miller, (850) 235 5399; Contracting Officer/Carol Dreger (850)234-4863

E-Mail Address

Contract Specialist John Miller (MillerJH@ncsc.navy.mil)

Description

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida, intends to award a sole-source contract to Cogent Defense Systems, Meadows Road, Newport, Gwent, NP9 0SS, United Kingdom, for the design and fabrication of a prototype magnetic minesweeping cables to support Organic Mine Countermeasures operations. The tow cable is used to deploy, tow, and recover the towed body from a helicopter using a winch/davit subsystem. The cable contains three fiber-optic signal conductors, hard fairings, and load carrying armor. The cable also includes an electro-optical connector(s) and mechanical terminations on both ends. Basis for sole-source award is the extensive knowledge base developed by performance of efforts under competitively awarded contracts N61331-99-D-0035, N61331-95-C-0050, N61331-95-C-0051, and N61331-95-C-0052 and Delivery Orders 00 34 and 0093 under contract N61331-97-D-0031. Being the cable designer, Cogent is the only company that has all the resident knowledge required to provide cables that meet all of the Government's requirements. Any other contractor would be required to duplicate substantially all of the efforts expended under these contracts in order to perform the work required under this proposed effort. A five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity cost plus fixed fee type contract is anticipated. LINKDESC: <A HREF="">www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm</A> EMAILADD: MillerJH@ncsc.navy.mil EMAILDESC: <A HREF="mailto:MillerJH@ncsc.navy.mil EMAILDESC: MillerJH@ncsc.navy.mil">MillerJH@ncsc.navy.mil</A>

Web Link

Coastal Systems Station Contracts Table of Synopses (http://www.ncsc.navy.mil/Contracts/Ztables/syntable.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011105/ASOL001.HTM (D-305 SN512104)