Advanced Arresting Gear/Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System United States Navy (USN) CVN 82, Future French Carrier, and Potential USN CVN 83 Production

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to enter into sole source negotiations and subsequently award a contract to General Atomics (GA), San Diego, CA. This contract is for the procurement of up to three (3) quantity Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and up to three (3) quantity Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) shipsets, not including the Energy Storage Subsystem (ESS), in support of the United States Navy (USN) CVN 82, Future French Carrier (FFC), and potential USN CVN 83, to be procured as an option under this procurement, aircraft carriers.  Supplies and services to be procured include the manufacture, assembly, integration, test, delivery, storage management, installation and checkout parts, and support of EMALS and AAG shipsets certification and the associated overall program management, schedule updates, and technical data updates.

This procurement will also include associated configurations changes, primarily obsolescence, engineering (design definition, verification, test and reports); integrated logistics support and updates; and manufacturing and installation of forward-fit solutions. Provisions will also be provided for retrofit kits, and/or new complete items to support validation testing, associated NRE, validation and verification of technical directives and associated logistics impacts, prototype testing, test plans and reports, computer software, manufacturing acceptance tests and fielding support, and ship-riders provisions for operational support.

Additionally, this procurement will include on board repairs parts, peculiar software equipment, maintainer and operating training courses for the FFC, and options for an EMALS at Patuxent River, AAG engine backfills for CVN 78, 79, 80, & 81,  bridge buys to support future tech refresh for CVN 82, 83, & FFC, and AAG 4th engine for CVN 82 and 83.

The anticipated delivery dates for CVN-82 and FFC is 2038 and the anticipated delivery date for CVN-83 is 2042.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.  This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of Title 10, U.S. Code 3204(a)(1), as implemented Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements”.  As the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of EMALS and AAG, GA is the only responsible source with the access, unique knowledge, experience, special skills, facilities, manufacturing techniques, and technical data required to fulfill the EMALS and AAG production requirements and award to another source would result in duplication of costs and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements. Further, NAVAIR does not have an adequate technical data package suitable for a competitive procurement of the support required. 

Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should directly contact Zach Baur, Small Business Liaison for General Atomics via e-mail: SB4GA@ga.com or Phone: (858) 455-2603. There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award, or be responsible for any money expended by interested parties before award of a contract for the effort described above.  Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract.