SeaPerch Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Kits and SeaPerch ROV Tool Kits including Construction Manuals.

The Philadelphia Office of the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk Contracting Department intends to purchase 720 ea. SeaPerch Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Kits and 180 ea. SeaPerch ROV Tool Kits (including Construction Manuals) for Commander Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC), Millington, TN. This acquisition is being processed pursuant to 41 USC 1901(e) (2) - a sole source acquisition under the authority of the test program for certain commercial items, as implemented by FAR 13.501(a). The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the incumbent provider of the requirement under purchase order N0018916PZ653, is considered the only source which can provide the required SeaPerch ROV Kits, and associated Tool Kits including the SeaPerch Construction Manual.

A Firm Fixed Price purchase order with a delivery date by 29 September 2017 is anticipated to be issued to satisfy this requirement. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334511.



This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Navy not to compete the proposed contract action based upon responses to this synopsis is solely within the discretion of the Navy. Furthermore, no award will be made on the basis of information received in response to this notice and the Navy will not pay for any information provided. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not competitive procurement is a possibility.

If no affirmative written responses advantageous to the Navy are received by COB 13 September 2017, AUVSI will be solicited to provide the required items. If this procurement were competed, no additional synopsis would be published and the solicitation document would only be forwarded to the intended vendor and firms that responded to this synopsis. Any responses to this synopsis are required to be submitted via e-mail to michael.placido@navy.mil.