REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/SOURCES SOUGHT Engineering and field support services providing technical support for Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 1B3 High Gain High Sense (HGHS) system

N00164-18-R-WM09 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/SOURCES SOUGHT - Engineering and field support services providing technical support for Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 1B3 High Gain High Sense (HGHS) system - PSC J010 - NAICS 541330

Issue Date: 05 OCT 2017 - Closing Date: 20 OCT 2017 - 2:00 PM EST

In accordance with Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 206.302-1, the Government is issuing this RFI/sources sought announcement as part of market research for Engineering services providing technical support for Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 1B3 High Gain High Sense system. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division located at Naval Support Activity, Crane, IN intends to award a sole source contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems (hereafter referred to as GDMS), Fairfax, VA 22033. This effort will be conducted on a sole source basis in accordance with the statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. The basis for restricting competition is the lack of sufficient technical data, duplicative cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, and the unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency requirement through any other source.

In accordance with Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) 206.302-1, the Government is accepting information from companies potentially capable of meeting the requirements as described above. The Government is seeking companies with the capabilities and facilities to provide detailed understanding of the SEWIP Block 1B3 High Gain High Sensitivity (HGHS) system, a critical sub-component of the AN/SLQ-32(V)6 System architecture, software, firmware, and hardware necessary to provide the highly specialized services required to perform engineering and field support services or performance on other Government contracts with similar efforts.

Responses should include availability, budgetary cost estimate, and lead time of the solution, as well as, whether a demonstration unit can be provided to expedite the decision making process.

All interested parties are encouraged to submit company and product literature, a white paper no longer than 5 pages, and/or other pertinent information, such as a description with performance parameters and a statement of current availability, summary of prior testing, test reports, a budgetary estimate of test articles, production units, production quantity breaks, mitigate the reason why the Government should not procure this effort on a sole source basis as stated above, and /or identify other Government contracts with similar efforts for the Government(s) consideration.

Responses to the Market Survey shall include the following:

Submitter's Name
Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
Business Size
Point of Contact (POC)
POC Telephone
Announcement Number: N00164-18-R-WM09

Contractors must be properly registered in the Government System for Award Management database (SAM). Contractors may obtain information on SAM registration and annual confirmation of requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220, or via the internet at www.sam.gov.

At the current time, NO FUNDING IS AVAILABLE for contractual efforts. This RFI/sources sought does not constitute an Invitation for Bids (IFB), a Request for Quote (RFQ), or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and it should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the government to issue a formal solicitation or ultimately award a contract. The US Government is in no way liable to pay for or reimburse any companies or entities that respond to this announcement. Any costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will NOT be reimbursed.

Market Survey information may be submitted to the Point of Contact any time prior to the expiration of this announcement. The Point of Contact for this effort is Ms. Tori Kern; email tori.kern@navy.mil. The mailing address is: NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane, attention Tori Kern, 0243 BLDG 121, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522-5001.

If any part of the submittal is classified, please contact the POC for appropriate submission information.

All information marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities. Your interest in the response is appreciated.