Land Mobile Radio - Subscriber Equipment

Pacific Air Forces is conducting a limited-sources acquisition of Motorola APX 6000 Land Mobile Radio upgrade equipment through the LMR-SE blanket purchase agreement, with a response deadline of August 30, 2026. The acquisition is restricted to Motorola brand equipment procured through either AEG or Ewings, the sole Motorola radio distributors on the LMR-SE vehicle.

The 673d Communications Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson requires upgrade radios to replace legacy end-of-life equipment and maintain direct compatibility with the State of Alaska's LMR infrastructure modernization. JBER's local fleet must support newly assigned frequencies on the state-wide communications backbone to prevent disruption to joint and emergency response communications across the base. The contracting office justified the single-manufacturer limitation under FAR 8.405-6(b)(1), citing the item as peculiar to one manufacturer. Motorola brand equipment meets the mandatory FIPS 140-3 certification requirement effective September 21, 2026; competing L3Harris LMR products are not yet FIPS 140-3 certified. Introducing alternative LMR brands would require additional technical training, new testing equipment, new software, and create radio interchangeability issues with existing ancillary devices, degrading mission readiness. The contracting officer approved the justification on July 31, 2026.