40 -- CABLE ASSEMBLIES AND CONNECTORS

Notice Date

May 3, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

32407-7001

Solicitation Number

N61331-01-R-0029

Response Due

June 6, 2001

Point of Contact

Contract Specialist, Mark Ross, (850) 235-5624; Contracting Officer, Carol Dreger, (850) 234-4863

E-Mail Address

Ross_Mark@ncsc.navy.mil (Ross_Mark@ncsc.navy.mil)

Description

The Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, NSWC, Panama City, Florida intends to solicit proposals on a limited competition basis for the furnishing of connectors and the fabrication of cable assemblies to be used in the life cycle maintenance and possible future construction of small submersible vehicles. Competition is limited to Brantner and Associates, Inc., 1240 Vernon Way, El Cajon, CA. 92020-1839 and Impulse Enterprise, 8254 Ronson Rd., San Diego, CA. 92111-2015. There are in excess of twenty different types of cable assemblies with the expected quantity of any one type being procured at any given time is expected to be no more than two (2). This acquisition is not suitable for full and open competition for the following reasons: The connectors are defined by source controlled drawings listing Brantner and Associates as the only approved source; Only Brantner and Impulse have developed the necessary fabrication processes to have successfully furnished the cable assemblies previously; and, the Government does not have the process information necessary to permit full and open competition. Interested sources other than those listed will be required to: 1) provide verifiable data that they have produced cables that can withstand the environmental conditions imposed by use in a small free-flooding submersible vehicle in saltwater/freshwater to depths of 120 feet and, 2) provide Qualification Testing of a representative sample of cables to confirm this capability. Due to the potentially low quantity stated above, the cost of qualifying any other source is expected to exceed any potential savings that may result from full and open competition. Delivery will be to the Coastal Systems Station, 6703 West Highway 98, Panama City, Florida, 32407-7001. Address requests to the Contract Specialist shown above by e-mail at RossMP@ncsc.navy.mil or fax at (850) 234-4251. No telephone requests will be accepted. Anticipated contract type is Requirements, Firm-Fixed-Price Supply, for a period of five years. Note 22 applies.

Web Link

www.ncsc.navy.mil/Contracts/ZTables/syntable.htm (www.ncsc.navy.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010507/40SOL001.HTM (W-123 SN50L197)