NSN 5985 012594314; radome

The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the U.S. Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. All responsible sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 5 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with 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.
Award will be made only if the offeror, the product/service, or the manufacturer meets the qualification requirement(s) at time of award, in
accordance with FAR clause 52.209-1.
The solicitation identifies the office where additional information can be obtained concerning qualification requirements and is cited in each individual solicitation.
Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Governments requirement with a commercial item within 5 days of this notice.
This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition of the part from the approved
source(s).
The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essention to maintaining the quality quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activitys procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application.
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