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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

Technology Refresh Stepped Tonpilz Acoustic Transducer (STAT) Array Development

BACKGROUND:

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) requires the modification of the Stepped Tonpilz Acoustic Transducer (STAT). Image Acoustics, Inc.

holds the design patent, US Patent , for the STAT and has licensed the fabrication rights to Falmouth Scientific Inc. (FSI). FSI previously fabricated the STAT under purchase order and redesigned the stress rods under purchase order

. The STAT and Sonar Partial Array were originally tested at NUWCDIVNPT resulting in the requested modification to include a suspension system for the STAT to improve the STAT withstanding hydrostatic pressure. Due to the patent and licensing constraints, FSI is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and the only vendor with the fabrication processes, specialized tooling and requisite knowledge and expertise to modify the current product.

The period of performance for this contract is from the date of award to September 30, 2020 with an anticipated total contract value of .

REQUIREMENT:

NUWCDIVNPT requires a modification of the STAT partial array for the Technology Refresh program. The transducer element design is based on the STAT US that Image Acoustics, Inc. currently holds and has licensed FSI the rights to fabricate the STAT. The Technology Refresh Program requires a modification to the existing partial array fabricated by FSI to incorporate suspension hardware and acoustic window hardware.

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION:

FSI is the only transducer fabricator that has licensed the STAT technology by Imagining Acoustics, Inc., which owns the design patent for the transducer. FSI developed the fabrication processes, owns the specialized tooling, and has the requisite knowledge and expertise to modify and redesign the current product. FSI has demonstrated that it can manufacture the STAT that was validated in recent testing at NUWCDIVNPT’s Acoustic Test Facility.

RESELLERS:

There are no authorized resellers. The STAT is a proprietary product of Image Acoustics, Inc.

which has been licensed to FSI to fabricate.

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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:

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