Synopsis for Acquisition of the Searchlight

PRON: AX3F2135AX. The Government proposes to acquire, on a Five (5) year, Firm-Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract, a minimum quantity of 120 each and a maximum quantity of 600 each of the Searchlight, NSN 6230-01-483-0580, P/N 45-0241-11, applicable to the BE UH-60 Blackhawk weapon system.

First Article Test (FAT) is not required.

Production Lead Time is 180 Days After Contract Award (DACA).

The required delivery of the Searchlight is 10 per month.

These items are commercial; FAR Part 12 will be utilized.

Required delivery shall be FOB Destination.

The Searchlight is not an aviation Critical Safety Item (CSI) as defined by DFARS 209.270-2.

Currently, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (hereafterSikorsky), 6900 Main Street, Stratford, CT 06614-1378 (CAGE Code 78286) and Grimes Aerospace Company (hereafter Grimes), 550 State Route 55, Urbana, OH 43078-9482 (CAGE Code 72914) are identified as the contractors who own or have access to the technical data necessary to produce this item. S3 Aerodefense, LLC, 2101 W Camden Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53209-3707 (CAGE Code 4GPC1) was recently added as an approved distributor for Grimes via the Systems Readiness Directorate (SRD) Distributor Source Approval Request (SAR) process.

The Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both needed to purchase this item from additional sources.

The Government intends to solicit this as a limited competitive procurement. If any contractor has access to this proprietary data, please provide a capabilities statement to the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer detailing the authorization from either Grimes Aerospace or Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation to utilize the proprietary data necessary for this requirement. All offerors must have the ability to procure the requisite proprietary data from aforementioned sources in order to be eligible for award.

This procurement utilizes FAR part 14, Sealed Bidding. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted. Requests for the solicitation shall be by email only. Email requests should be sent to maggie.g.bevis.civ@army.mil. Proposals shall be emailed for the initial proposal. No fax or hard copy responses shall be accepted for the initial proposal. This requirement is currently unfunded. Award will be withheld pending receipt of sufficient funds. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release of the solicitation; however, the solicitation will not close prior to the closing date stated above.