Doppler Velocity Log Developments and Upgrades

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City (NSWC PC) intents to award a Sole Source firm-fixed price purchase order using simplified acquisition procedures to Teledyne RD Instruments, 14020 Stowe Drive, Poway, CA 92064 (CAGE Code 7JTN4) for the acquisition of Doppler Velocity Logs Developments and Upgrades. This purchase is not suitable for full and open competition for the following reasons. Teledyne RD Instruments is the sole manufacturer of the DVL currently used in all SDVs. The commercial feature being ported to the Doppler Velocity Log is an upgrade to the currently installed equipment and minimal changes are required. No other company has data rights to the TRDI proprietary source code being ported to the custom SDV DVL unit. Use of another vendor would result in a duplication of cost. Acquiring equipment from another vendor will require researching the data format, data communication protocol, write, test and validate new code to integrate with the IBS system, test and validate information from the sensor. Any changes to the data would be expected to cause the Government to incur an exuberant amount of additional costs associated with integration efforts and lab testing. These costs would not be expected to be recouped in an open competition. US Navy ships have been using Teledyne RD Instruments equipment for more than fifteen years. These items have been installed on SDV type ships for ten years. The performance of the Teledyne equipment is documented and well known. Any other equipment or vendor would require extensive underway ship trials and performance measurements prior to being able to utilize that equipment within our IBS hardware. This underway testing would be prohibitively expensive and would extend beyond the required ship delivery. Therefore, Teledyne RD Instruments is the only source capable of supplying the Doppler Velocity Log Developments and Upgrades and represents the most advantageous position for the Government. Est. at $148,000.00 FOB Destination, NAICS Code 334511, Small Business Size Standard 1250 employees, PSC Code R413. See attached clauses and redacted justification.

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