Sole Source Solicitation

This sole source solicitation from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Redstone Arsenal seeks two DIT-MCO modular wiring harness analyzer units including switching cards with test points and interconnect cables to support the UH60V modular aircraft wire test equipment program. Offerors must also provide two IUID nameplate and registry items in support of the analyzer units, with responses due by 04:00 PM on February 17, 2023. The solicitation incorporates standard FAR clauses for commercial items and requires offerors to comply with various socioeconomic programs and regulatory requirements.

No set-aside is designated for this opportunity. The NAICS code is 334516 and PSC code is J070. Prior sole source contracts for similar equipment were awarded to incumbent DIT-MCO in 2013 for $1.14 million and in 2018 for $444,320. Market research determined that only DIT-MCO systems can test over 10,000 wire harness test points simultaneously for various aircraft in a proprietary software and hardware configuration. The estimated total cost to reprogram test software for five helicopters is $7 million. Place of performance will be Corp Christi, Texas.