Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, 6703 W. Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001

59 -- TOW CABLE FOR THE AN/SQQ-2 SONAR SYSTEM SOL N61331-88R-0035 DUE 062899 POC Contact Point, Jesse Johnson, (850) 234-4539; Contracting Officer, Carol A. Dreger, (850) 234-4863, FAX 850-234-4251 WEB: www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm, www.ncsc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Johnson_Jesse@ncsc.navy.mil, Johnson_Jesse@ncsc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida, intends to award a sole-source contract to Cogent Defense Systems for the acquisition of one tow cable for the AN/SQQ-32 sonar system. The AN/SQQ-32 will be used to support airborne mine countermeasures operations. The tow cable is used to deploy, tow, and recover the towed body from a helicopter using a winch/davit subsystem. The cable contains three fiber-optic signal conductors, hard fairings, and load carrying armor. The cable also includes an electro-optical connector(s) and mechanical terminations on both ends. Being the cable designer, Cogent is the only company which has all the resident knowledge required to provide cables which meet all of the Government's requirements. All data required to build the cable is proprietary to Cogent. The Government does not own the technical data package nor the data rights for the tow cable. The cost of this one time procurement is significantly lower than the cost of acquiring the technical data package and preparing a competitive acquisition package. see Note 22 Posted 06/11/99 (W-SN342174). (0162)

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