Notice of Intent to Sole Source NINJA SUSTAINMENT
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Agency
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Army National Guard
Department of the Army, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Rome, New York 13441, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army National Guard issued a notice of intent to sole-source the Ninja Sustainment contract to Black River Systems Company, Inc., a total small business set-aside, with a due date of September 11, 2026.
The Ninja system is proprietary and requires proprietary parts and services available only from Black River Systems. Black River Systems developed the Ninja product suite as Prime Contractor on Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RIGB) Phase III SBIR award FA8750-19-C-0040 (OCOSA Contract), and held Prime on the predecessor SBIR Phase I and Phase II contracts. Black River Systems has asserted SBIR data rights under DFARS 252.227-7018 and claims full ownership rights to the Ninja products. The contractor does not resell parts to third parties; all parts and related knowledge are protected by SBIR restrictions. The procurement is classified under NAICS 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) and PSC DJ10 (IT and Telecom—Security and Compliance as a Service).
Notice text
The Ninja system is a proprietary item and requires proprietary parts and services. Black River Systems Company, Inc. was the Prime Contractor for FA8750-19-C-0040 (OCOSA Contract), a Phase III SBIR award from Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RIGB). The Ninja product suite was developed under the OCOSA contract with some initial engineering having been completed under predecessor SBIR Phases I and II contracts. Black River Systems Company was the Prime Contractor on the SBIR I and Phase II contract as well. Black River Systems Company has asserted its SBIR data rights, under these contracts and as defined in DFARS 252.227-7018, “Rights in Noncommercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program”. Black River Systems hereby submits that it has all ownership rights to the Ninja products that are being offered. Black River does not re-sell parts to third parties. All parts and knowledge protected by SIBR.
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