Sole source - microwave communications equipment

Added: Oct 17, 2012 12:29 pm This synopsis is being posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website located at http://www.fbo.gov, the Navy Electronic Commerce on Line (NECO) website located at https://www.neco.navy.mil/. FBO is the primary point of entry to be used when access to synopses and solicitations from the World Wide Web is required. However, the NECO webpage serves as alternatives if the FBO website is unavailable.





Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division has a requirement for test, evaluation and repair on the CS-5020C, part number 70395-43 microwave tuner/receiver as installed into the AN/SSX-1 system. This requirement is planned as a non-competitive commercial Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for a period of five (5) years with a minimum order quantity of five (5) and a maximum order quantity of 30.

The delivery terms for this acquisition will be FOB Destination. Final inspection and acceptance will be at destination.



This requirement will be negotiated on a sole-source basis, with Rockwell Collins, Inc., 3200 East Renner Road, Richardson, TX 75082, in accordance with the statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The basis for restricting competition is lack of detailed design information, documentation, specialized tooling, test procedures, and test stations in addition to duplicative costs and time that would be required to reverse engineer the unit/equipment.





The solicitation will be available on or about 15 Nov 2012 at FedBizOpps located at http://www.fbo.gov and at NECO located at https://www.neco.navy.mil. No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed. Responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. It is the responsibility of interested offerors to monitor FedBizOpps and/or NECO for any additional amendments that may be issued. Offers must be submitted in the format specified in the solicitation. Submitting a bid from the NECO website by clicking on “Submit Bid†does not guarantee offers will be received by the proper person in the correct format. It is the responsibility of the offeror to submit offers to the Point of Contact (POC) at NSWC Crane.

The POC is Ms. Lynn Masterson-Brinegar, Code CXMN at Tel: 812-854-8865, Fax 812-854-3805 or email: lynn.masterson-brine@navy.mil. Reference the above solicitation number when responding to this notice. For changes made after the closing date, only those offerors that provide a proposal will be provided any changes/amendments and considered for future discussions and/or award.



Contracting Office Address:

Code CXMN, Building 2035

300 Highway 361

Crane, IN 47522-5000



Place of Performance:

3200 East Renner Road

Richardson, TX 75083