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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

Engineering Developmental Model (EDM) Stepped Tonpilz Acoustic Transducer (STAT)

Array Housing Design

PR #1300778164

BACKGROUND:

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) Code 8541 requires a housing design for the Stepped Tonpilz Acoustic Transducer (STAT) Engineering

Developmental Model (EDM) array. Image Acoustics, Inc. holds the design patent, US Patent

8,072,843 B1, for the STAT and has licensed the fabrication rights to Falmouth Scientific, Inc.

(FSI). FSI previously fabricated the STAT under purchase order N66604-17-P-1470, redesigned the stress rods under purchase order N66604-18-P-2061 and modified the suspension system under N66604-19-P-1834. FSI is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and the only vendor with the fabrication processes, specialized tooling and requisite knowledge and expertise to generate the Engineering Developmental Model (EDM) housing sonar array design.

The Period of Performance for this contract is from the date of award to September 30, 2020 with an anticipated total contract value is $219,999.24.

REQUIREMENT:

NUWCDIVNPT requires a housing design for the STAT EDM Array. The housing design is a larger version array with 162 STAT transmit elements versus 36 STAT transmit array that was previously fabricated. The STAT transmit element design is based on the STAT US Patent

8,072,843 B1 that Image Acoustics, Inc. currently holds and licensed FSI the rights to fabricate the STAT. The Technology Refresh program would like to generate a housing design based on the existing partial array fabricated by FSI. The housing of the EDM STAT array needs to have space to package electronics.

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 generate the EDM housing sonar array design. 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.

Dino Roberti, Code 8511 Date

Systems Engineer

APPROVAL:

Contracting Officer:

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

Debra Dube Date

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