J--Five Year Basic Ordering Agreement in support of components for the F/A-18 ATFLIR.

This notice serves as a pre-solicitation synopsis for a five-year Basic Order Agreement for the repair and/or modification of the F/A-18 ATFLIR components, which are specified in the attached PDF file List of NIINs for Repair?. The repair of these items are sole source to Raytheon SAS CAGE 96214. Raytheon is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for the ATFLIR and is the only known source to possess full repair capability. The Government does not possess (or cannot provide) the data necessary to perform the required repairs or manufacture of the items. Therefore, the items found on List of NIINs for Repair? are sole source to Raytheon. Even though these items are sole source to Raytheon, all responsible sources may identify their interest and provide capability statements in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. For any questions concerning this notice, contact the PCO, John Pluciennik at 215-697-1430. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with the OEM for a Five Year Repair Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) in support of the ATFLIR components under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed agreement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of these items maintains design control and repair knowledge or technical data that is essential to maintain the quality of the part. The spare repairable assemblies to be repaired and/or modified under this agreement are set forth by manufacturer part numbers and constitute Government Property as defined in FAR clause 52.245-1 Government Property or 52.245-1 Alternate I, as applicable. The listing of items is attached to this notice. All responsible sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals, quotations or capability statements. Eligible contractors shall provide a submission to [email protected] that includes: 1) Company Name and Cage Code 2) Part Number/NIIN eligible to repair 3) Is your company the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for the proposed items? 4) Is your company not the OEM of the proposed item(s), but still has capability of repairing the item(s)? a) Explain how your company has the technical capacity to perform the necessary repairs. 5) Is your company a Small Business? If so, what type of Small Business? 6) Company POC An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activitys procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The subject items require Government source approval prior to contract award. Only the source previously approved by the Government for repair of these items will be solicited. The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that an award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. If you are not an approved source you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in the NAVSUP WSS Source Approval Information Brochure for Repair. This brochure identifies technical data required to be submitted based on your companys experience in repair of the same or similar items. This brochure can be obtained at: https://www.navsup.navy.mil/public/navsup/business_opps/ If your request for source approval is currently being evaluated at NAVSUP WSS, submit with your offer a copy of the cover letter that forwarded your request for source approval. Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure or document previous submission of all data required by the Source Approval Brochure will not be considered for award under this solicitation. Please note, if evaluation of a source approval request submitted hereunder cannot be processed in time and/or approval requirements preclude the ability to obtain subject items in time to meet Government requirements, award of the subject requirement may continue based on Fleet support needs. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. All proposals received within 45 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to John Pluciennik either by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone (215) 697-1430.