FY 2018 Procurement of MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (ER) Aircraft Unique Initial Spares and Ground Support Equipment

****ATTENTION**** FORMAL COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO: Teresa W. Jordan. You may email your request to Teresa W. Jordan, Contract Specialist at Teresa.w.jordan.civ@mail.mil. NO TELEPHONE REQUEST WILL BE ACCCEPTED.

The Army Contracting Command - Redstone has a requirement for FY 2018 procurement of MQ-1C Gray Eagle MQ-1C Extended Range (ER) aircraft unique initial spares and Ground Support Equipment (GSE). The FY 2018 procurement is anticipated to be a new sole source firm fixed price (FFP) contract. The new production hardware contract will include an anticipated FY 2018 3 lots of unique initial spares and 3 lots of GSE. It is anticipated this effort will be awarded by 30 September 2018. The estimated delivery schedule is 31 January 2019. Authority Cited is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(B) entitled only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Justification and Approval applies to other than full and open competition basis. This requirement is sole source to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., 14200 Kirkham Way, Poway, CA 92064. This requirement is subject to the availability of funds. Firms that recognize and can produce the required items described above are encouraged to identify themselves. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release of the solicitation. However, the solicitation will not close prior to the closing date stated above.