Sources sought for amphibious boat control team trainer (abctt) upgrade

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
N6134026R0071
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

PSC
6910 Training Aids
Place of performance
San Diego, California, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), Orlando, Florida intends to sole source an upgrade to the Amphibious Boat Control Team Trainer (ABCTT) systems with Self-Defense System Simulator (SDSSIM) training capability to Buffalo Computer Graphics, Inc. (BCG) under 10 USC 2304(c)(1) (FAR 6.302-1), with responses to this sources sought notice due July 29, 2026.

NAWCTSD is issuing this sources sought to comply with PGI 206.302-1 by identifying potential comparable sources. BCG is the original designer, developer, and manufacturer of ABCTT and holds the only requisite knowledge, experience, and technical expertise to perform the upgrade; the Government does not have and cannot provide data rights to software components necessary for the work.

Work encompasses modifying BCG software to support an additional interface standard for controlling SDSSIM and modifying SDSSIM to interface with ABCTT while maintaining the existing Boat Control Simulator (BCS)–Amphibious Assault Direction System (AADS) message interface using IPv4 and IP multicasting. Place of performance includes two military installations: Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic (EWTGLANT) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific (EWTGPAC) at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in San Diego, California. Work is approximately 80 percent on-site at the contractor's facility and 20 percent on-site at government locations.

Completion is anticipated within 12 months from contract award expected in September 2026. Responses shall not exceed ten pages and must include sections on capabilities, experience, schedule, small business participation, and cost or rough order of magnitude. Submit to christina.r.ruscito.civ@us.navy.mil and william.l.butterworth2.civ@us.navy.mil. NAICS code is 334111 (Electronic Computer Manufacturing); PSC is 6910 (Training Aids).

Notice text

The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), Orlando, FL intends to sole source the effort to upgrade the existing Amphibious Boat Control Team Trainer (ABCTT) systems with Self-Defense System Simulator (SDSSIM) training capability to Buffalo Computer Graphics, Inc. (BCG) (CAGE code 0AK34) of Buffalo, NY under the authority of 10 USC 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. BCG is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) that previously delivered ABCTT and is the only source with the requisite knowledge, experience, and technical expertise to provide this ABCTT upgrade, since BCG is the original designer, developer, and manufacturer of the ABCTT. The Government does not have and cannot provide data rights to any software components that would be necessary to perform this upgrade. In order to comply with PGI 206.302-1, the Government is seeking information on the availability of potential comparable sources to upgrade the existing ABCTT training systems capability.

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