Engineering services and configuration management support for the B-1B Defensive Avionics Subsystem (DAS) sustainment efforts

This is a notice of intent that WR-ALC anticipates issuing a contract for engineering services and configuration management support for the B-1B Defensive Avionics Subsystem (DAS) sustainment efforts. The B-1B DAS consists of the AN/ALQ-161A Radio Frequency Surveillance/Electronic  countermeasures Subsystem (RFS/ECMS), the AN/ALE-48 and AN/ALE-49 expendable countermeasures dispensers, the AN/ALE-50 Towed Decoy System, the Tail Warning Function (TWF) subsystem, and all on-aircraft and flight-line support equipment related to the aforementioned. The contract will be for 12 months after contract effective date. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, ITT (Thousand Oaks, CA), Cage: 1C2N9, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. All proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All potential offerors should contact the buyer/PCO identified above for additional information and/or to communicate concerns, if any, concerning this acquisition.