SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- High Altitude Communication Systems
- Notice Date
- 7/24/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, Contracts Department, Hwy. 547 Attn:B562-3C, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 08733-5083
- ZIP Code
- 08733-5083
- Solicitation Number
- N68335-12-C-0326
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2012
- Point of Contact
- Stephanie M Pierce, Phone: 7323232989
- E-Mail Address
-
stephanie.pierce@navy.mil
(stephanie.pierce@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst (NAWCAD) has been tasked to procure quantity fourteen (14) High Altitude Communication System (HACS) Platforms and quantity nine (9) balloons. The purpose of the HACS is to extend the range of standard warfighter radios by providing near space communication relays for voice and data. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate this requirement on a sole source basis with Space Data Corporation, Chandler, AZ under the authority of 10 USC 2304 (c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. Space Data Corporation is the only known supplier that possesses the technical data required to manufacture the High Altitude Communication System and associated equipment. In addition, Space Data is the only known supplier who possesses a proprietary neck mechanism attached to its balloons required for attachment to the HACS payload and has the ability to operate at altitudes above 65,000 feet. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, the Government will consider all responses received within fifteen days after the date of publication of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition, based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received as a result of this notice will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement.
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