SOLE SOURCE - ELECTRONIC COUTERMEASURES, COUNTER-MEASURES AND QUICK REACTION CAPABILITY EQUIPMENT

This synopsis is being posted to both the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) page located at http://www.fbo.gov/ and the Navy Electronic Commerce on Line (NECO) site located at https://www.neco.navy.mil/ While it is understood that FBO is the single point of entry for posting of synopsis and solicitations to the internet, NECO is the alternative in case FBO is unavailable. Please feel free to use either site to access information posted by NSWC Crane. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division plans to enter into a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with ITT Exelis Electronic Systems, 77 River Road, Clifton, New Jersey, 07041. The BOA will cover a five-year period of performance for an array of tasks including research and development, system , acquisition , in-service, software and product engineering, test and evaluation, fleet/field services support, logistics support and depot repair, in support of the following systems: AN/SLD-4&5 - Tactical Radar ESM (Electronic Support Measures) and Surveillance system, ES-3601 - Tactical Radar ESM and Surveillance System, ES-3701 -Precision Radar ESM and ELINT (Electronic intelligence) System, ES-5080 - Wideband digital receiver Based ELINT/ESM system, AN/SSX-1 - 1B1 Specific Emitter Identification system, components: (AS-1200A, AN/UYX-4, IFD-120E-SBC and BIT-160),CV-4301/ALQ-99J(V) -Support Jamming POD System, INCANS - Interference Cancellation System, AN/USQ-149 -Cluster Snoop Electronic Warfare System, AN/ALQ-165 - Airborne Self Protection Jammer (ASPJ) for F-16 and F-18, AN/ALQ-214 - Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures/Radio Frequency Countermeasure (IDECM/RFCM), AN/VLQ-13 - Counter RCIED (Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices Electronic Warfare (CREW), CREW 2.1 and CREW 3.2 Mounted Mini Titan. This requirement will be negotiated on a sole-source basis in accordance with the statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) (1) (a) (2) (iii) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The basis for restricting competition is; ITT Exelis, designed, developed and manufacture the ITT Exelis family of systems and holds key technical data and corporate knowledge that are unique to these systems. Establishing alternative sources will result in unacceptable duplicative costs attempting to reverse engineer any system. The solicitation will be available on or about 30 NOV 2012 at FedBizOpps located at http://www.fbo.gov and at Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) located at https://www.neco.navy.mil/. No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed. Responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. It is the responsibility of interested offerors to monitor FedBizOpps and/or NECO for any additional amendments that may be issued. Offers must be submitted in the format specified in the solicitation. Submitting a bid from the NECO website by clicking on “Submit Bid? does not guarantee offers will be received by the proper person in the correct format. It is the responsibility of the offeror to submit offers to the Point of Contact (POC) at NSWC Crane. The POC is Ms. Lynn Masterson-Brinegar, Code CXMN at Tel: +1 (555) 000-0000 or email: contact@example.gov. Reference the above solicitation number when responding to this notice. For changes made after the closing date, only those offerors that provide a proposal will be provided any changes/amendments and considered for future discussions and/or award. Contracting Office Address: Code CXMN, Building 2035 300 Highway 361 Crane, IN 47522-5000 Place of Performance: 77 River Road Clifton, New Jersey 07041