500 Gallon Lox Trailer
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- 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 Warfare Center intends to procure four 500-gallon liquid oxygen trailers for the Royal Canadian Air Force F/A-18 program with a response deadline of July 21, 2026; the acquisition will be sole-source to Essex Industries Inc. (CAGE 19062) under FAR 6.302-1(b)(1)(i) based on unique capability and proprietary design.
Place of performance is not specified in the source material. The trailers will support flightline maintenance activities transporting liquid oxygen. The Government lacks technical data rights to the design, precluding competition. Any procurement from an alternate vendor would necessitate a Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, First Article Test, and Test & Evaluation effort funded by the Government, plus Source Selection Team personnel. Changes to form, fit, or function would trigger updates to Integrated Logistics Support documentation—technical publications, spares inventory, and calibration—at an estimated cost of $200,000 to $250,000. The FMS partner would be forced to operate an asset that is not supported, compatible, or interchangeable with its existing fleet.
Market research was performed by the Lakehurst Technical team. The acquisition method code is 3H (acquire directly from manufacturer; Government lacks sufficient data). No further market research was conducted given the sole-source justification.
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}(l) and implemented in FAR 6.302-l(b}(l) (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-l(b)(l) (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 |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation | |
| 500 Gallon Lox Trailer | Pre-Solicitation |
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