Headsets and adaptors

NASA's Shared Services Center has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a sole source contract to David Clark Co Inc of Worcester, Massachusetts for the procurement of specialized headsets and adaptors. The procurement will be conducted under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) authority, utilizing commercial item acquisition procedures from FAR Parts 12 and 13. NASA/NSSC will serve as the procuring center, with performance to be executed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The opportunity is classified under NAICS code 335999 for miscellaneous electrical equipment manufacturing and carries no set-aside designations. The government has determined that David Clark Co Inc is the sole provider capable of supplying the required headsets and adaptors for this specialized application.

The procurement seeks 115 Class 1 Division 2 Operational Intercomm System headsets, including 50 single ear units and 65 behind-the-head models, along with corresponding adapter cords and intrinsically safe switch cases to replace obsolete equipment used in hazardous operations at Kennedy Space Center. Interested organizations have until 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on September 22, 2025, to submit written capabilities and qualifications demonstrating their ability to perform the work, with oral communications explicitly prohibited. The government will evaluate these submissions solely to determine whether to conduct the procurement competitively rather than as a sole source award. The specialized headsets were prototyped by David Clark Company in collaboration with NASA KSC and are currently undergoing Class 1 Division 2 certification by Eurofins E&E North America. Any determination to maintain the sole source approach or move to competitive procurement remains entirely at the government's discretion based on the responses received.