AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) Obsolescence/Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with Thales Underwater Systems (TUS), Brest, France to procure services required to provide Obsolescence and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) support for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS), to include the Transducer Assembly (TA), Reeling Machine (RM), Reel and Cable (RC), Reeling Machine Interface unit (RMIU), Reeling Machine Control Unit (RMCU), and Sonar Transmitter Receiver (ST/R) Weapons Replaceable Assemblies (WRA).

This requirement will be procured in accordance with FAR 6.302, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The authority permitting other than full and open competition is Title 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.301-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

GENERAL INFORMATION: TUS is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for the Transducer Assembly (TA), Reeling Machine (RM), Reel and Cable (RC), Reeling Machine Interface unit (RMIU), Reeling Machine Control Unit (RMCU) WRA and the POWAMP and POWOUT Shop Replacement Assemblies (SRA) of the Sonar Transmitter Receiver (ST/R) and as such is the only known source with the technical data, knowledge and technical experience necessary to perform this effort within the time frame required to meet the Governments needs. Consequently, TUS is the only contractor that can meet the Government's requirements.