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The contract involves the procurement and repair/modification of a specific item identified as NSN 7H-9905-016494038-VN, with only one unit required for delivery FOB origin to Electric Boat Corporation in Groton, Connecticut. This action is a notice of intent rather than a solicitation for competitive quotes, indicating that the government plans to negotiate exclusively with a single source due to the proprietary nature of the item. The government does not possess the data rights to allow procurement from other suppliers and has deemed it uneconomical to acquire such rights or to reverse engineer the item. The solicitation, identified as N0010419PNF28, was posted in August 2019 by the Navsup Weapon Systems Support Mech office within the Department of Defense, located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Although the document encourages interested parties to express their interest or submit quotes prior to the award date, any decision not to pursue a competitive procurement will remain at the government's discretion. The primary purpose of gathering information through this notice is to assess whether a competitive process might be viable, but the government currently intends to maintain a sole-source negotiation due to the unique circumstances surrounding the data and part acquisition.