J -- Sustaining support for Foreign Military Sales Mexico program for the E2-C Aircraft

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to place an order under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-04-G-0003 to acquire sustaining engineering support in the form of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and contractor engineering technical services support for E-2C aircraft for the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) country of Mexico. The delivery order will be placed for the support of the procurement of spares and repair parts, support equipment, training, non-recurring engineering, field support services, contractor engineering technical services, logistics support representatives, and technical data/publications. NAVAIR intends to negotiate this order on a sole source basis with Northrop Grumman Corporation – Integrated Systems (NGC-IS), South Oyster Bay Road, Bethpage, New York 11714. NGC-IS is the designer, developer and sole manufacturer and systems integrator of the E-2C aircraft and weapon system and, as such, is the only firm with knowledge, experience, and technical data necessary to provide the required supplies and services in a timely manner for the purposes of meeting the FMS customer operational needs. See Numbered Note 22.