59--CIRCUIT CARD ASSEMB

The contract involves the procurement of three units of a specified item identified by NSN 7R-5998-014624668-EE, to be delivered FOB origin to BAE Systems Controls Inc. located in Johnson City, New York. The procurement is issued under reference number 103E4036G2 and concerns circuit card assemblies as indicated by the solicitation number N0038305G008A5030. The contracting agency is the Department of Defense through the Navsup Weapon Systems Support office based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This notice signals the government's intent to negotiate a contract with a single source rather than seeking competitive bids, though interested parties may still express interest or submit quotes prior to award. The decision to forego competition is based on the lack of sufficient, accurate, or legible data to procure the part from any source other than the current supplier. The government retains the discretion to determine whether to proceed with a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice. Information collected will be used solely to assess the possibility of competition, but the current proposal reflects a non-competitive acquisition approach. The solicitation was posted in early March 2007 and no set-aside status is specified for this contract.