58 -- Procurement of FY05/FY06 AN/UPX-24(V) requirements.

The Naval Air Systems Command plans to award a sole source fixed price contract to Litton Systems, Inc., Navigation Systems Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, located in Woodland Hills, California. The contract covers the fiscal years 2005 and 2006 and involves the procurement of AN/UPX-24(V) production units along with Installation and Checkout spares, retrofit kits, Control Indicators, and associated technical data. Litton Systems is the sole designer, developer, and producer of the AN/UPX-24(V) Interrogator Set, possessing unique technical expertise and proprietary technical data necessary to fulfill government requirements, which justifies the sole source procurement under federal acquisition regulations. This sole source action, referenced under solicitation number N00019-05-R-2426, was posted in December 2004 by the Naval Air Systems Command, part of the Department of Defense located in Patuxent River, Maryland. The procurement falls under NAICS code 334511, relating to navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing. Key points of contact for this contract include Contract Specialist Henry B Mayo and Contracting Officer Robert A Wolfe. The contract ensures continued support and modernization of critical navigation and interrogation systems vital to naval operations by relying exclusively on the original equipment manufacturer.