ALRE DAQ System

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, New Jersey, operating under the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command, is procuring an upgrade to the ALRE DAQ (Airborne Data Acquisition) System through this pre-solicitation notice. The upgrade will enhance system capabilities by enabling Telemetry over Internet Protocol (TMoIP) airborne data collection, replacing obsolete NI-6071E data acquisition hardware and software, addressing existing bugs and issues, and implementing additional features to support United States Navy operations. This pre-solicitation notice is not a competitive solicitation, and the Government is not obligated to issue a formal request for proposals, make an award, or reimburse any expenses incurred by interested parties prior to contract award. Interested parties must submit responses within fifteen calendar days via email to Danielle Russo at danielle.m.russo4.civ@us.navy.mil by May 5, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, with submissions limited to ten pages. The notice does not specify formal evaluation criteria, as this is a notification of anticipated sole-source procurement rather than a competitive bidding opportunity.

This procurement carries no small business set-aside designation and is anticipated to be awarded as a Firm Fixed-Price contract to Bloomy Controls, Inc. (Cage Code: 1ZG80) on a sole-source basis, meaning the Government has already identified a specific contractor for this work without competitive competition. The pre-solicitation notice does not disclose the contract value, budget range, or estimated timeline for system upgrade completion. The NAICS classification is 334513 (Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables), and the PSC category is 5999 (Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components), indicating the technical nature of the data acquisition system components involved in this procurement.