Justification / Repair of the Programmable Armament Control System 46 (PACS-46) Converter Programmer (CP)

The Air Force Sustainment Center has awarded contract FA853826D0001 to Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation on a sole-source basis for repair services of the Programmable Armament Control System 46 (PACS-46) Converter Programmer applicable to F-15E aircraft, with performance running from May 18, 2026 through May 17, 2031.

Hamilton Sundstrand qualifies as the sole source as original equipment manufacturer with exclusive proprietary technical data rights; the Government does not possess the complete technical data package required for repair. Market research including a Request for Information posted to SAM.gov on November 7, 2024 yielded no competing vendors. Hamilton Sundstrand declined on January 13, 2025 to sell its intellectual property or proprietary data to the Government. Reverse engineering would require approximately 72 months and substantial cost, rendering it economically unfeasible given the 20-year remaining lifecycle of the system.

The contract is structured as a firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery contract with five annual ordering periods. Repair services include minor repairs (36 units per period), major repairs (13 units per period), no-fault-found evaluations (13 units per period), and beyond economic repair processing (1 unit per period). Delivery schedules are 7 days for mission-impaired capability situations, 10 days for surge requirements, and 30 days for routine maintenance. The contract uses Working Capital Fund (4930) appropriation and pricing will be negotiated under FAR Parts 12 and 13 with price reasonableness analysis. NAICS code 811210; PSC J016.