CONCENTRATOR TEST SET Type: TTU-518/E
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- N6833526Q1228
- 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
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Points of contact
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About this opportunity
Naval Air Warfare Center intends to issue a sole-source, firm-fixed-price procurement for one Concentrator Test Set Type TTU-518/E (PN: 1779AS500-2, NSN: 4920-01-429-8089) to Cobham Mission Systems (CAGE 99251) by October 15, 2026. The procurement is justified under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1(b)(1) on the grounds that only one responsible source exists and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
The equipment supports the F/A-18 E-F Program in support of VFC-204 stand-up. Cobham owns all technical data, specifications, and drawings required to manufacture the item, and the Acquisition Method Code 3H designation requires direct procurement from the manufacturer. Market research conducted by the Lakehurst Technical team identified Carleton Life Support Systems, Inc. (Cobham Mission Systems) as the only known manufacturer.
Any attempt to procure an alternate part number would require the Government to fund a Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, First Article Test, and Test & Evaluation effort for a new vendor, plus Source Selection Team personnel. Changes in form, fit, or function would necessitate updates to Integrated Logistics Support including technical publications, spares inventory, and calibration, estimated at $125,000 to $200,000. Such changes would also force the FMS partner to use an asset incompatible with the USN-approved configuration. The sole-source justification is based on cost-prohibitive development of an alternative.
Notice text
This effort is for the manufacture and delivery of quantity of one (1) Concentrator Test Set Type: TTU-518/E (PN: 1779AS500-2, NSN: 4920-01-429-8089). This item is for the F/A-18 E-F Program in support of VFC-204 stand up. It is the Government's intention to issue a sole-source, firm-fixed price procurement to Cobham, CAGE: 99251.
Under authority 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1) and implemented in FAR 6.302-l(b)(l), to try to develop this “asset" would incur costs that are not expected to be recouped through competition. 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, estimated to be $125,000 to $200,000 for update. 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 USN-approved configuration.
This requirement will be processed under the authority 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Market Research was performed by the Lakehurst Technical team. The only known manufacturer of this item is Carleton Life Support Systems, Inc. (Cobham Mission Systems), CAGE: 99251. Cobham owns all the rights to the technical data, specifications, and drawings required to manufacture this item. Additionally, the Concentrator Test Set has an Acquisition Method Code of 3H, stating the item should be acquired directly from the manufacturer as the Government does not have in its possession sufficient, accurate, or legible data to purchase this part from other than current source(s). As such, it is the Government's intention to issue a sole-source, firm-fixed price procurement to Cobham, CAGE: 99251.
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