5 year commercial requirements contract for the repair of 183 items that are part of communication & naviagation systems used on various naval aircraft

The Naval Inventory Control Point is soliciting for a 5-year requirements contract for the repair of 183 line items of communication and navigation equipment that are part of the ARC158, ARQ34, ARN-153, ASN-163, ARN-140, VIR-31, ARC-243, ARN-1216 and other communication and navigation systems used on various aircraft. Rockwell Collins Inc. (13499), Cedar Rapids, IA is the Original Equipment Manufacturer and the only known source to possess full repair capability. Complete data, drawings and the rights to the same are not available from the Government. January 2012 is the estimated award date of the resultant commercial requirements contract. The following are the top 6 high dollar value items for repair: Receiver Transmitter, P/N 822-2034-002, NSN 7RH 5821-01-527-7802 BP; Horizontal Indicator, P/N 822-1030-001, NSN 7RH 6605-01-471-2282; Display Unit, P/N 822-0850-001, NSN 7RH 7025--01-452-8949 AH, Radio Receiver, P/N 822-0208-002, NSN 5821-01-387-0976; Control Indicator, P/N 822-0026-001, NSN 7RE 5895-01-360-8238 FX and Circuit Card Assembly P/N 784-4274-001, NSN 7RH 5998-00-252-7934 EE.

For a complete list of all items to be repaired or any questions concerning this notice, contact Joy Capka 215-697-6528.



The subject items requires Government source approval prior to contract award because the items are flight critical and/or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support repair via full and open competition. Only the source previously approved by the government for repair of these items has been solicited. The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that an award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. If you are not an approved source you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in the U.S.

Naval Inventory Control Point Source Approval Information Brochure which can be found at https://www.navsup.navy.mil/navsup/ourteam/navicp/business_opps . This brochure identifies technical data required to be submitted based on your company's experience in repair of the same or similar items. Questions on this brochure should be directed to the Source Development Department by calling NAVICP-P at (215) 697-5985. If your request for source approval is currently being evaluated at NAVICP-P, submit with your offer a copy of the cover letter that forwarded your request for source approval. Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure or document previous submission of all data required by the Source Approval Brochure will not be considered for award under this solicitation.

Please note, if evaluation of a source approval request submitted hereunder cannot be processed in time and/or approval requirements preclude the ability to obtain subject items in time to meet government requirements, award of the subject requirement may continue based on Fleet support needs.