Notice of Intent to Sole Source- L3Harris Radios
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- F3NT195246A001
- Agency
-
Air Forces Europe and Africa
Air Force, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Jbsa Lackland, Texas, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa has published a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for L3Harris AN/PRC-167 radios. The Air Force station in Ramstein, Germany intends to award a single source contract to L3Harris Technologies, Inc. under statutory authority FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) for radio procurement. This action is necessary to prevent unacceptable cost, schedule, and mission impacts that would occur if the contract were awarded to any other vendor. The notice specifically states this is not a Request for Quotes or Invitation for Bid, and the Air Force does not intend to award a contract based on this notice alone. A justification and approval document will be published following the contract award.
The procurement supports OSI 25 EFIS requirements for expeditionary detachments operating in the AFRICOM area of responsibility, addressing critical communication limitations in austere environments. The L3Harris AN/PRC-167 radios are required to provide extended range, enhanced reliability, and access to the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) for improved bandwidth and signal quality in challenging terrain. Although the government will consider responses received by September 15, 2025, any submissions will be treated as informational only and not as competitive proposals. Interested parties may submit unclassified responses via email to the specified contracting officers, with contract performance scheduled to occur at Lackland, Texas. The government retains sole discretion in determining whether to proceed with the proposed sole source contract and will not compensate respondents for any information provided.
Notice text
The Air Force in Ramstein Germany intends to award a Sole Source contract to L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
for L3Harris AN/PRC-167 Radios, Purchase under statutory authority FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). A justification and approval will be published after award. This single source action is needed to prevent unacceptable cost, schedule, and mission impacts if the Government were to award to a vendor other than L3Harris Technologies, Inc. This is not a Request for Quotes (RFQ) or Invitation for Bid (IFB);the Air Force does not intended to award a contract on the basis of this notice.
This notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received no later than 15 September 2025. Although "quote" and "proposal" are used in this notice of contract action, your responses will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. The Government will not pay for any information, or quotes, received in response to this announcement. A determination by the Government to complete this proposed contract, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Performance of this contract will be at Lackland, Texas USA, interested parties may submit unclassified responses to this notice by email to benjamin.ballah@us.af.mil and jennifer.arnett.1@us.af.mil
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| L3Harris Radio SSJ Redacted.pdf |
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