MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Block 1 Hardware for FY 12 Low Rate Initial Production III (LRIP III) and FY 13 and FY 14 Full Rate Production (FRP)

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The Army Contracting Command-Redstone has a FY 12 procurement of two (2) MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for the third Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and three (3) platoon-size dwell systems plus additional hardware. This requirement also includes anticipated FY 13/14 procurement of seven (7) platoon-size dwell systems plus attrition aircraft as well as the latest configuration of ground equipment and mobile maintenance facilities. It is anticipated that the FY12 effort will be a new fixed price incentive fee (FPIF) contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). If sufficient cost data is available, it is anticipated that firm fixed price (FFP) contract will be utilized for full rate production (FRP) in FY 13 and FY 14. A breakout of the requirement is as follows: seventy-eight each Air Vehicles, fifty-one each Ground Control Station (GCS), fifty-one each Ground Data Terminal (GDT) (with trailer, tower, and adapter), sixteen each SATCOM GDT (SGDT), twenty seven each Portable GCS (PGCS), twenty-seven each portable GDT (PGDT), nineteen each Ground Support Equipment, nineteen each Initial Spare Sets, sixteen each ATLS sets, eighty-six each thirty inch SATCOM Air Data Terminal (SADT), thirty-four Ka SATCOM, and thirty one each Mobile Maintenance Facility. The estimated delivery schedule is fifty three months from the date of award. Authority Cited is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2) 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 GA-ASI, 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.