PAO Cart Facilities Power Cable

The Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), operating under the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command, is soliciting quotations for the PAO Cart Facilities Power Cable, Part Number 4106AS0370-2, required to support Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Programs, specifically the MQ-4C Triton aircraft. This is a firm-fixed-price, build-to-print procurement that requires offerors to possess an approved DD Form 2345 (Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement) due to the militarily critical technical data restrictions under the Arms Export Control Act. Key contract requirements include maintaining active SAM.gov registration, current SPRS records, and CMMC levels 1 and 2 self-assessments per DFAR requirements, as well as compliance with NIST SP 800-171 cybersecurity standards. The Government will award the contract to the responsible offeror whose offer is conforming to the solicitation, lowest priced, and technically acceptable. Critical deadlines include February 5, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET for submission of written questions and February 23, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET for quotation submission.

This solicitation is designated as a 100% small business set-aside, limiting competition to qualified small businesses. The procurement involves a single item with a quantity of one cable assembly, with delivery required within four months after contract award to the NAWC-AD Lakehurst SE Staging Facility in Lakehurst, New Jersey, under FOB Destination terms. Offerors must include all applicable shipping costs in the unit price with no separate line items permitted for freight. Additional contractual obligations include providing a Certificate of Conformance signed by management, complying with Item Unique Identification (IUID) marking per MIL-STD-130N for items with Government unit acquisition cost of $5,000 or greater, and packaging in accordance with MIL-STD-2073-1E standards. The Government will furnish certain components including cap connector MS90564-7C, power plug MS90556C44N51P, cable gland MS23747-20, and strain relief MS90561-19, with inspection and acceptance conducted at source by Defense Contract Management Agency representatives.