Sole Source to Sekai Electronics for Liquid Crystal LCD's Displays Per The Attachments

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, (NSWC PCD), Panama City, FL intends to award a sole-source firm-fixed price commercial purchase order using simplified acquisition procedures to the following:

Sekai Electronics, Inc.
38 Waterworks Way
Irvine, CA  92618-3107

The following items will be purchased:

Item    Manufacturer #                   Description                                                                                           Quantity
001    IVT-90200070                      10.4” Control Op Display – Ruggedized (LCAC), includes UID Label    16 EA
002    IVT-90200071                       17” Control Op Display – Ruggedized (LCAC), includes UID Label         8 EA
003    IVT-FP17M 90200071-D       Credit for 17” Display processed as a completed LCD Panel Subassembly (previously                 purchased)                                                                                                                                                         8 EA
004    N/A                                         Shipping Costs for Line Items 001 and 002                                              24 EA

The items are ruggedized commercial off the shelf LCD displays to accomplish Craft Alterations on the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) in support of an LCAC foreign military sales case. This purchase is unsuitable for full and open competition for the following reasons:  The parts being purchased are slightly modified commercial items manufactured by Sekai Electronics and used in the SBC4 configuration. This procurement is not suitable for full and open competition and it is in the best interest of the Government to acquire this item using a non-competitive procurement because Sekai Electronics is the only company that makes this slightly modified commercial item that is compliant with the SBC4 Technical Data Package (TDP). The items being purchased underwent full environmental qualification testing for the LCAC operational environment to ensure 100 percent compatibility with the product specification, MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461F. Full integration testing was accomplished to ensure that the display met the signal requirements of the LCAC system.  These displays are specified in a TDP and as the design authority of the IVT Multi-Platform Display (MPD), Sekai Electronics has sole proprietary (limited) rights to their Technical Data Package (TDP), which would be required for a build-to-print competitive acquisition. Due to the proprietary nature of the TDP, Sekai is listed as the single source of supply by NAVSUP for the MPD.  No other source for these modules currently exists. Developing another source for these items would be cost and schedule prohibitive.  The cost to develop, test and evaluate the MPD requirement is estimated at $2.5 Million. The lead time associated with the development, test and evaluation of this requirement is estimated at 36 months.