Fiber Channel Audio Video (FCAV) Units

The Naval Air Warfare Center -Weapons Development (NAWCWD) intends to award a sole source contract to Ampex Data Systems Corporation in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source that possesses the unique capability and expertise that can satisfy the requirement.

The purpose of this requirement is to purchase up to fifteen (15) Fiber Channel Audio Visual (FCAV) units from Ampex Data Systems Corporation. The FCAV units are highly specialized and available only from Ampex Data Systems Corporation, the original developer and manufacturer.

The FCAV units needed by the NAWCWD E/A-18G and NGJ programs need to be identical in form, fit, and function with the previously supplied units in order to be interchangeable among the aircraft utilized for testing at either the Pacific or Atlantic Test Range facilities.

Key requirements are, but not limited to, the following:
• The FCAV Unit takes in 4 standard video streams, encodes, and multiplexes the 4 video streams as one and outputs it in a GigE format. In addition, it takes in one FCAV channel and coverts it to GigE.
• Each FCAV Unit consists of the AMUX700 base, DAU; AM-15F HSVN Interface Module; AM-170a, H.264 Video Encoder; AM-11b4 Cfg A, 4 CH Video Module; and the Am 801 1 CH GigE Module.
• This data will be telemetered to ground stations located on the test ranges.

Any alternative solution proposed by another vendor must be a form, fit, and function drop-in replacement for the current FCAV supplied by Ampex Data Systems Corporation (Part Numbers: 1316499-010, 1312170-010, 1311871-010, 1311870-02G, and 1313090-0120).

Disclaimer: This Sources Sought is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for proposal. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary.

Interested parties shall identify their capability to respond to the requirement no later than 15 days from this notice date. Responses will be emailed to Brianna Little at brianna.little@navy.mil.

All responsible sources must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the following website: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

Contractors must be certified through Defense Logistics Information Services (DLIS) in order to access Controlled Unclassified Information within FBO. See the DLIS website for registration details: http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/.