Teledyne Autonomous Underwater Gliding Vehicles

The Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific (NIWC Pacific) intends to award a sole

source, firm-fixed-price (FFP) purchase order to Teledyne Instruments, Incorporated

(Cage: 5ZSA5), doing business as Teledyne Webb Research, hereafter "TWR", for

materials to support the Slocum Autonomous Underwater Gliding Vehicle (AUGV)

programs.

The gliders and accessories requested include a uniquely mobile network component

capable of moving to specific locations and depths and occupying controlled spatial and

temporal grids. Driven with sawtooth vertical profile by variable buoyancy, the glider

moves both horizontally and vertically. The long-range and duration capabilities make

them ideally suited for subsurface sampling at the regional scale. Carrying a wide variety

of sensors, they can be programmed to patrol for weeks at a time, surfacing to transmit

their data to shore while downloading new instructions at regular intervals. The ability to

operate multiple vehicles with minimal personnel and infrastructure will enable small

fleets of gliders to study and map the dynamic, temporal and spatial, features of

subsurface coastal waters.

This notice of intent is not a request for quote. A determination by the government not

to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the

government. Questions by phone or fax will not be considered.

Acquisition of Commercial Items under FAR Part 12 and Simplified Acquisitions

Procedures under FAR Part 13 apply. The applicable NAICS Code is 334511 and the

business size standard is 1,250 employees.

The point of contact for this announcement is Ciara Allison at Ciara.allison@navy.mil.

To respond to this announcement, you must be registered to the SPAWAR E-Commerce

website at https://e-commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil and upload your inquiry under SSC

Pacific/Simplified Acquisitions/N66001-19-Q-6623.

All responding vendors must be registered to the System for Award Management (SAM)

website prior to award of contract. Information can be found at https://www.sam.gov.

Complete SAM registration means a registered DUNS and CAGE Code numbers.