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This is a Special Notice (FA558725R0002) announcing the 48th Contracting Squadron, USAFE's intent to award a sole source contract to NERL Technical Services for radar data services at RAF Lakenheath. The contract will include a base year with four one-year options.
The scope involves NERL providing installation, commissioning, and continuous radar data feed from NATS Cromer and Claxby radars to RAF Lakenheath's Radar Approach Control STARS (Standard Terminal Automations System). NERL is identified as the sole capable vendor due to their exclusive contract for en-route military ATC services in the UK and unique capability to deliver ASTERIX-format radar data compatible with STARS. The service will support the 48th Fighter Wing's ATC and Aviano Air Base's Air Control Squadron operations from Lakenheath to the 323 Military Training Area. The NAICS code is 811210 (Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance), with responses due by January 1, 2025. Interested contractors may submit capability statements by the response date to demonstrate their ability to provide comparable services.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
48TH FIGHTER WING (USAFE)
SPECIAL NOTICE
FA558725R0002
48th CONTRACTING SQUADRON
Issue Date: 17 December 2024 Response Due Date: 01 January 2025 NAICS Code: 811210- Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and
Maintenance Subject: Special Notice – Award a Sole Source
GENERAL INFORMATION
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE:
The 48th Contracting Squadron, United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath intends to award a sole source, base year contract with four additional one (1) year options to NERL Technical Services. The supplied radar data will be plugged into the Standard Terminal Automations System (STARS) to allow the 48th Fighter Wing’s ATC and Aviano Air Base’s Air Control Squadron to provide ATC service from Lakenheath to the 323 Military Training Area (MTA). NERL will provide services to install, commission, and provide, a continuous radar data feed from the NATS Cromer and Claxby radars to RAF Lakenheath’s Radar Approach Control, STARS.
NERL has been determined as the only vendor with the capability to provide these services.
NERL holds the exclusive contract for en-route military ATC services in the UK. NERL's Cromer radar feed is uniquely capable of supporting RAFL's needs for launch and recovery, as well as providing a picture of the 323 North Sea MTA. As the only UK provider with the infrastructure to deliver primary and secondary radar data in ASTERIX format compatible with STARS, NERL has an exclusive capability to meet RAFL's stringent requirements.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations and no solicitation will be issued from this notice; Interested contractors may identify their capability to provide the services prescribed within this notice and the attached Description of Services on or before the response due date, and should provide sufficient data for the Government to determine them as a comparable alternative to the intended source. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Expressions of interest should be sent via email to the following:
POC:
Primary POC: SSgt Connor Jeter, Contract Specialist Email: connor.jeter@us.af.mil
Secondary POC: Valerie Cuevas, Contracting Officer Email: valerie.cuevas@us.af.mil mailto:valerie.cuevas@us.af.mil
| DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE |
| SPECIAL NOTICE FA558725R0002 |
| GENERAL INFORMATION |
| 2024-12-17T17:14:10+0000 | |
| CUEVAS.VALERIE.VIVIAN.1517332018 |
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