500 Gallon Lox Trailer
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- N6833526R1092
- Agency
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Naval Air Warfare Center
Naval Air Systems Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 333924 Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Naval Air Warfare Center intends to procure four 500-gallon Liquid Oxygen (LOX) trailers for the Royal Canadian Air Force F/A-18 program, with a pre-solicitation response date of July 6, 2026. This procurement will be awarded on a sole-source basis to Essex Industries Inc. (CAGE 19062) under FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(i) authority, citing the original equipment manufacturer's unique design capabilities and proprietary technical data.
The trailers support flightline maintenance liquid-oxygen transport operations. The government lacks technical data rights to the design, preventing competitive procurement. The agency determined that procuring from an alternate source would require the government to fund a Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, First Article Test, and Test & Evaluation effort, plus source-selection personnel. Any change to form, fit, or function would necessitate updates to Integrated Logistics Support documentation—technical publications, spares inventory, and calibration procedures—at an estimated cost of $200,000 to $250,000. Use of an unsupported or incompatible asset would leave the foreign military sales partner without fleet interchangeability.
Market research was performed by the Lakehurst Technical team. The procurement is classified under Acquisition Method Code 3H (acquire directly from the manufacturer due to insufficient government technical data). No additional market research was conducted.
Notice text
This effort is for the procurement of QTY 4 500 Gallon Liquid Oxygen (LOX) Trailers for the Royal Canadian Air Force F/A-18 program. The 500 Gallon LOX trailer as a means to transport liquid oxygen to support flightline maintenance activities.
Under authority 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1) and implemented in FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(i), this authority shall be used when the program needs can only be satisfied from only one source with unique capabilities. Any attempt to procure a different part number would require the Government to fund a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Critical Design Review (CDR) First Article Test (FAT) and Test & Evaluation (T&E) effort for a new vendor. The Government would have to fund personnel to be on the Source Selection Team to review proposals. Any change in form, fit or function would require changes to the existing Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) (technical publications, spares inventory, calibration) which would incur additional costs for update in the amount of $200,000 to $250,000. The process required to obtain an alternate asset is cost-prohibitive and would force the FMS Partner to utilize an asset that is not supported, compatible or interchangeable with the assets in their fleet.
This requirement will be processed under the authority FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(i), whereby only one source with unique capability can supply the requested item. Market Research was performed by the Lakehurst Technical team. The Original Equipment Manufacturer of these items is Essex Industries INC., CAGE: 19062. The US Government does not own the technical data rights, therefore is unable to compete this request due to specific proprietary items to Essex within the design of the end item. Acquisition Method Code: 3H - acquire directly from the manufacturer/US GOV does not have sufficient data. No additional market research was conducted for the reasons discussed above, and thus, the government will be issuing the repair procurement on a sole-source basis to Essex Industries INC., CAGE: 19062.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 500 Gallon Lox Trailer | Pre-Solicitation | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation |
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