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Parts and services in support of the SURveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) High Frequency Marine Mammal Monitoring (HFM3) sonar equipment used with the AN/WQT-2 Low FrequencyActive system

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The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic plans to issue a sole source procurement contract to Scientific Solutions, Inc. for engineering services and equipment related to the SURveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active Transmit High Frequency Marine Mammal Mitigation (HFM3) system. Scientific Solutions, Inc., located in Nashua, New Hampshire, is the original developer and sole manufacturer of the HFM3 system and retains patents on critical components and assemblies essential for the system's maintenance and operation. Their exclusive technical expertise and familiarity with the system's proprietary equipment are deemed necessary for providing repair, modification, refurbishment, replacement, or exchange services for electronic equipment and subsystems associated with SURTASS LTS HFM3. This contract is structured as an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, Firm Fixed Price agreement, featuring a base period of one year with four additional one-year option periods. The procurement authority is granted under regulations allowing non-competitive contracts when only one responsible source exists. The solicitation will not be open for competition and will be issued directly to Scientific Solutions, with no posting on the SPAWAR ECC Business Opportunities website. Interested parties may submit written comments within a specified timeframe, but the government maintains sole discretion over the decision to compete. The contract supports critical national defense efforts by ensuring continued operational readiness of advanced sonar equipment used in marine mammal monitoring and low frequency active transmit systems.

General Info

Sole source contract to Scientific Solutions for SURTASS HFM3 system maintenance, repair, and refurbishment.

Agency

Department Of Defense → Niwc Atlantic

NAICS

334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing

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PostedJun 21

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Niwc Atlantic

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OfficeNORTH CHARLESTON, SC, 29419-9022, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Niwc Atlantic

Office AddressNORTH CHARLESTON, SC, 29419-9022, USA

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Full Description

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC) intends to issue solicitation N65236-12-R-0029 as a SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT to Scientific Solutions, Inc., 99 Perimeter Road Nashua, NH 03063-1325. The proposed action is for engineering services and equipment associated with Surveillance Towed Array Sensor (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active Transmit (LTS) High frequency Mammal Mitigation (HFM3) System. Scientific Solutions Incorporated developed the HFM3 system and has provided engineering services in support of the system since 1996. Scientific Solutions Incorporated is the sole manufacturer and holds patents to the required equipment listed: main rotor assembly, analog electronics can, PC104 electronics can, power supply can, SOC equipment console, stepper motor can, transducer assembly, transducer carousel assembly, splice can assembly, tilt potentiometer assembly, cable assemblies, and transducer tilt drive assemblies. They are the only source with the requisite knowledge of, and familiarity with, the technical data for this equipment to provide the required repair and engineering support services. Requirement includes the provision of services necessary to repair, modify, refurbish, replace, or exchange the electronic equipment, subsystems, and other equipment associated with Surveillance Towed Array Sensor (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active Transmit (LTS) HFM3 system. Authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. An Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity, Firm Fixed Price type contract, with a base period of one year and four (4) one year-options is anticipated. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals or quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. A sole source solicitation will be issued. The solicitation will be transmitted to the sole source contractor by means other than posting it on SPAWAR ECC Business Opportunities web site. Interested parties may submit comments in writing to the contract specialist, Vernon Pryor, Code 2211 by e-mail address contact@example.gov, no later than 2:00p.m. local (EST) on 07/09/ 2012.