AN/ARP-39 Radar Signals Detecting Set (RSDS)

**ATTENTION** ALL FORMAL COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THIS  ACQUISITION MUST BE DIRECTED TO: ROBIN W. EASTER, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - REDSTONE; EMAIL: ROBIN.W.EASTER.CIV@ARMY.MIL. NO TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The Army Contracting Command-Redstone, on behalf of the Project Manager, Aircraft Survivability Equipment (PM ASE), intends to solicit a five (5) year effort for procurement of AN/APR-39E(V)2 systems, engineering, technical, logistic, software development and test support services in support of the AN/APR-39 Radar Signal Detecting Set program. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541330.

The AN/APR-39 RSDS (hereto for called RSDS) is a passive radar warning system that receives, processes, and displays threat information resulting from aircraft illumination by radar guided systems.  The system is a component of the Army's Suite of Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) and is used to protect Department of Defense (DoD) rotary-wing and fixed‐wing aircraft.  The RSDS is vital to force protection and provides warnings to pilots of threats from surface‐to‐air missiles, air‐to‐air missiles, and anti‐aircraft artillery. The RSDS has growth potential to augment the passive situational awareness information with active countermeasures.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:

PRODUCTION

The Contractor shall possess the capability and demonstrated experience to produce, or manage the production of, both legacy and future versions of the RSDS.

ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

The Contractor shall possess the capability to provide engineering and technical services support to both legacy and future versions of the RSDS.  The Contractor shall possess demonstrated experience in supporting current and legacy versions of the RSDS.

LOGISTICS SUPPORT

The Contractor shall possess the capability to provide fielding, repair, and sustainment support for legacy and future versions of the RSDS.

FOREIGN MILITARY SALES SUPPORT

The Contractor shall possess the capability and demonstrated experience to provide Foreign Military Sales support of RSDS to international customers.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall use the latest USG-approved version of the RSDS Configuration Management Plan to support development, integration, and test specifications.

INTERFACE CONTROL DOCUMENTATION

The Contractor shall use existing baseline interface documents, to include system/subsystem interface control specifications, mechanical interface control documents, and A-Kit drawings, to ensure that the system designs are compliant with aircraft electrical and mechanical interface designs.

PLATFORM INTEGRATION ENGINEERING SUPPORT

The Contractor shall possess a demonstrated capability to support RSDS integration on Army Aviation platforms.  This support shall include all required research, analysis, design, development, testing, fielding, and sustainment.

The Government intends to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) for this effort. The Government will not award a contract on the basis of this RFP and no proposals will be accepted at this time. Comments or questions will be accepted and responded to. It is anticipated this this effort will be awarded to a single contractor.

Pursuant to 10 United States Code (U.S.C.) 2304 (c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2), the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC), 600 Hicks Road, Rolling Meadows, IL, CAGE Code: 26916.  Interested firms should contact the source for subcontracting possibilities. This is NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTES.