Peculiar Support Equipment

The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, NJ intends to negotiate on a SOLE SOURCE basis with Rhinestahl Customer Tooling Solutions (CTS), 7687 Innovation Way, Mason, OH 45040 (CAGE: 5QE71) for the procurement of twelve (12) various pieces of Peculiar Support Equipment (PSE) required to support the F/A-18 E/F Aircraft. This critical aviation platform is required to achieve mission capability targets by the end of the Fiscal Year 2019. See Attachment (1) for the complete itemized list.

The Government does not possess rights to the drawings and technical data for F/A-18 E/F PSE.

The Government intends to solicit and negotiate this requirement under the authority of 10 USC 2304(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1 - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, the Government will consider all responses received within fifteen days after the date of publication of this synopsis. Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) is mandatory for consideration. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based on the responses to this notice will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for an award of a contract.

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