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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

STAT Transducer and Transduction Analysis

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) has overall responsibility for the development and maintainability of undersea element design. The overall goal is to develop a design that can transition from concept to future fleet capability. This requirement is for the evaluation of the Technical Refresh STAT design and future capabilities.

NUWCDIVNPT requires the development of using new innovative technology which can achieve the performance goals of the Technology Refresh array. The contractor shall provide engineering services for the evaluation of the development of the Technology Refresh array. The contractor shall review a STAT transducer design and provide analysis to allow both low and high band arrays in the current configuration to be consolidated into one array that covers the entire band of operation. These new innovative technologies will substantially reduce the cost of a future array.

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

Mandex Inc. has been providing transducer consultation for the on acoustic array design from the initiation of the program. As the Subject Matter Experts

(SMEs), Mandex has been approved by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for specialized engineering services on new transduction devices for the U.S. Navy. Mandex was instrumental in developing new transducer technology. This requirement is part of an ongoing effort to improve the STAT design, and award of this contract to any other company would require a significant learning curve to obtain specialized resources that would result in a substantial duplication of cost to the Government and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the Navy’s requirement.

RESELLERS:

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Requiring Department:

Based on the above, I recommend this acquisition be conducted on a Sole Source basis. I certify the technical data which form the basis of this justification are complete and accurate.

APPROVAL:

Contracting Officer:

Based on the above, I have determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available can fulfill the requirements. I certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.