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Joint Precision Approach and Landing System
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The Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division (NAWCAD WOLF ATC&LS Division) is conducting a sources sought to support sustainment and lifecycle management of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) through 2040. This requirement involves comprehensive depot-level maintenance, hardware and software sustainment, in-service engineering activities (ISEA), software sustainment activity (SSA), system installation and integration, program management review support, guidance quality model support, and Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A). These efforts ensure operability and maintainability of Navy Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems equipment tied to multiple defense acquisition programs including JPALS. The work encompasses repair, maintenance, storage, software deficiency resolution, engineering change proposals (ECPs), obsolescence management, and airborne algorithm development/testing. It requires a contractor with deep technical expertise, particularly Collins Aerospace Government Systems as the Original Equipment Manufacturer, to provide support for key Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) such as amplifiers, GPS sensor units, data link interface units, UHF antennas, and communication radios. The anticipated contract, slated for award in March 2027, will be a sole source C-type contract incorporating cost-plus-award-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-reimbursement line items. Performance will primarily occur at the contractor’s secure, climate-controlled facility in Saint Inigoes, Maryland. All contractor personnel must hold U.S. citizenship and obtain appropriate security clearances, typically Tier-3 for unclassified work and Secret clearance for classified tasks, with strict compliance to NISPOM, DoD cybersecurity directives (including DFARS 252.204-7012), and Department of the Navy security instructions. The contract mandates rigorous compliance with organizational conflict of interest (OCI) mitigation, document control, and operational security (OPSEC) protocols. Deliverables include comprehensive progress, financial, and OCI compliance reports, software sustainment documentation, and VV&A test reports. Interested vendors should submit a capabilities statement detailing their ability to perform depot functions, software sustainment, hardware and software engineering solutions, guidance quality support, and VV&A proficiency for JPALS components. The solicitation seeks market input to shape acquisition strategy but is not a request for proposal and includes no pricing data or formal evaluation criteria.
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Place of Performance
Saint Inigoes, MD, 20684, USASet-Aside
Timeline
Submission Closed
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The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division – Webster Outlying Field (NAWCAD WOLF) intends to award a follow-on C-type Contract to Rockwell Collins, Inc. (doing business as Collins Aerospace Government Systems) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, CAGE CODE 13499, for a period of 60 months from the effective date of the contract. This requirement is a follow-on procurement and is to provide depot function and capability support; hardware support; maintenance support; Software Sustainment Activity (SSA) support; In-Service Engineering Activity (ISEA) support; installation and integration support; Program Management Review (PMR) support; guidance quality model support; and Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) support. These efforts are required to ensure Fleet operability requirements are met. Collins Aerospace Government Systems, as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of JPALS, is the only company with the requisite knowledge, experience, and technical expertise required to provide support of U.S. Navy Precision Approach and Landing System (PALS).
Rockwell Collins, Inc. is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of specific system components, and is the only company that possesses the technical expertise and production-level data to modify these components without extensive and costly reverse engineering efforts. Under the statutory authority 10 USC 2304 (c)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements."
This notice of intent is neither a request for proposal nor a solicitation of offers. This synopsis is provided for information purposes only. A determination not to compete this requirement is solely within the discretion of the United States Government.
For subcontracting opportunities, please visit Rockwell Collins, Inc.’s website at:
https://www.collinsaerospace.com/
Rockwell Collins, Inc. (doing business as Collins Aerospace Government Systems)
400 Collins RD NE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
52498-0505, United States
