308 RQS RA-1 8 Ring Harness

THIS IS A SOLE SOURSE. The purpose of this acquisition is to purchase forty (40) 8-Ring RA-1 parachute harnesses for the 308th Rescue Squadron (308 RQS) Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Guardian Angel (GA) teams at Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB), Florida. Current Government-owned RA-1 harnesses will be modified by the manufacturer to include the 8-ring configuration of both main and reserve canopies. The main canopies, which are the first canopies to deploy during a parachute jump, and the reserve canopies, which are the second to deploy if the main canopy fails, are currently at Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB).  PAFB will ship 40 canopies (20 main & 20 reserve) to the vendor for them to connect to the 8-ring RA-1 harness and pack into the container that holds the parachute canopies.  This requirement will include one-time/incidental service of certified personnel to produce, assemble, inspect and pack the 40 parachutes before shipping the final products back to the 308 RQS at PAFB.  
This is a Sole Source  requirement to Airborne Systems, Inc. in accordance with (IAW) the Air Force Approved For Use List (AFUL), dated 10 November 2016, which states that the only approved vendor to manufacture the RA-1 Harness is Airborne Systems, Inc. The Air Force AFUL is IAW with the Air Force Instruction (AFI) 11-410, dated 4 August 2008, Parachute Operations guidelines.