Engineering Services 20 MM M61A1/A2 & GAU-8
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA852024R0002
- Agency
-
AFLCMC Robins AFB
Lifecycle Management Center, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541330 Engineering Services
- Place of performance
- Williston, Vermont, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base is seeking engineering services to assist with the maintenance, testing, research, engineering investigations, configuration management, technical data, design and manufacturing, prototype design & production, and related issues regarding the 20mm M61A1/A2 medium caliber aircraft gun used on various fighter aircraft and the 30mm GAU-8 medium caliber gun used on the A-10 aircraft. The primary purpose of this sole-source task is to provide engineering services to maintain and improve the reliability, maintainability, and supportability of these weapon systems.
This requirement is sole-sourced to General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., located in Williston, Vermont, as the original designer, current developer, and manufacturer of all modern high rate of fire rotary gun systems. The contract opportunity is not set aside and is posted with a solicitation due date of April 22, 2024, under the authority of 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, which allows for contracting without full and open competition when there is only one responsible source that can meet the agency's requirements.
Notice text
The Air Force requires engineering services to assist with maintenance, testing, research, engineering investigations, configuration management, technical data, design and manufacturing, prototype design & production, and related issues regarding medium caliber aircraft guns. The primary focuses of this effort is for the 20mm M61A1/A2 used on the F16, F-15, F-18, F-22, and F-15E aircraft and the 30mm GAU-8 used on the A-10 aircraft. These are high rate of fire weapons fixed mounted on the aircraft designed to suppress or incapacitate aerial or ground targets. The primary purpose of this task is to provide engineering services for this medium caliber gun and ammunition feed system to maintain and improve weapon system reliability, maintainability, and supportability. As the original designer, current developer, and manufacturer of all modern high rate of fire rotary gun systems, General Dynamics is still the only viable source for this engineering services contract. This requirement is sole source to: General Dynamics-OTS, Inc., 326 IBM Road Building 862 Williston, VT, 05495-7907. GAGE: 05606. Authority: 10 U.S.C.2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source, and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.
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