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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

Hoses with Hose Cord Variations Towed Arrays

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center's Division Newport. N

Is a consolidated facility resident in, facility provides. Lifecycle. Support (diagnostic testing, troubleshooting, refurbishments, upgrades, and repairs) for all Navy towed arrays.

The estimated cost is approximately and estimated lead-time is approximately four (4) months, SOLE SOURCE STIFICATION:

Spirited is the only approved source. of supply for thin line towed array hoses as specified by

. In order to qualify a new supplier, an estimated and a qualification. period of 18-24 months would be needed. The qualification would require a vendor to build the full hose assemblies with the correct rriachined coiponents for the terminations on both ends of each hose for an entire array. Following the ., a functioning towed array would be reqúired to be- taken out of inventory from the fleet, removed from the old hoses, and then installed in the newly supplied hose assemblies. Land-based tension testing would •then need to be conductéd on the hose assemblies and modules for a •minimum of six months to simulate: lifetime wear on the, units.

At that. point, a sea test would be conducted to analyze the self-noise) the hose assembly on the towed array. This would be conducted at the. Navy facility at in Upon completion of this tešt, the data would need to be analyzed and deteffilinatiôn of whether or not the hose was acceptable would be made. by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and

(with input from the NUWC chief engineer). The drawings in the configuration baseline would then.

need to be updated via an engineering change proposal (ECP).

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The required testing would take an extensive amount of time, effort, and cost.] [n addition, the requirement to remove a functioning towed array from Service to use in the tests •is. a difficult hoses are a proposition. The use of thè towed array has increased in the fleet. Losing a full array for at least a year would have an enormous impact to the inventory of the fleet and cause potential missions to be aborted due to the lack of fielded assets. Due to the cost and time required to qualified another raw hose vendor, it is not feasible at this time to initiate the search for a new source of supply.

RESELLERS:

These hoses can only be purchased directly from the manufacturer, Spiratex.

Requiring Department:

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

APPROVAL:

Contracting Officer:

Based on the above, I have determined: thät- the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available/on his brand can fulfill the requirements.