PMS 485 Technician Support Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source

The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), on behalf of the Program
Executive Office, Submarines (PEO SUB) Maritime Surveillance Systems Program Office
(PMS 485), plans to award a bridge contract on a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, sole-source basis,
to Leidos, Inc. (Leidos) located at 9737 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878,
for the requirement described below. The bridge contract will allow the Government to
acquire necessary services until NAVWAR awards the competitive follow-on contract. The
estimated period of performance of this contract is ten (10) months at an estimated total
dollar value of $9.85M.

This effort will procure contractor technician support to operate and maintain active and
passive sensor systems necessary to provide mobile undersea acoustic surveillance
capability. This capability is required to meet U.S. needs for detection, classification,
localization, and tracking of the latest generation foreign submarines. This notice is not a
request for competitive proposals. Responses by interested parties to this notice shall be
submitted no later than 15 calendar days from the date of this synopsis to Mr. Robert
Wiley, Contracts Specialist, at robert.wiley1@navy.mil. The Government reserves the
right not to respond to any expressions of interest received after 15 calendar days from
the date of this publication; such expressions will be considered late. Any comments,
questions or concerns regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via e-mail to
robert.wiley1@navy.mil. The Government will not pay for any information received. No
telephone responses will be accepted.

This notice is also posted on the NAVWAR e-Commerce website at: https://e-
commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil. Awarded contract TBD to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2021-04-27.