Long Term Sustainment Support (LTS) for the Royal Norway Air Force (RNoAF)

This announcement constitutes a Notice of Proposed Contract Action.   The office of AFLCMC/WLKCB intends to acquire a requirements contract on a sole source basis for Long Term Sustainment (LTS) Support for the Royal Norway Air Force (RNoAF) C-130J Aircraft. The sustainment support will include spares, engineering services, data, repairs, field support, Technical Manual updates, and modifications.  This effort will be Sole Source to Lockheed Martin Corporation (LM) CAGE: 98897.  The proposed award date of this effort will be January 2014 for firm requirements with the option for three (3) years.  Lockheed Martin is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the C-130J, and is the only source that possesses the necessary knowledge, experience, and technical data required to perform this effort.  The government does not own the data rights for the system, therefore the government intends to award this effort under authority of 10 U.S.C 2304 (c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. The applicable NACIS code is 541330.

The proposed contract action is for supplies and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.