70 -- Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Training Systems Spare and Repair Parts

The NAVAIR Orlando Training Systems Division is responsible for acquisition, fielding and life cycle support of Navy and Marine Corps Aviation training systems suitable for effective training. Life cycle support includes ensuring the availability of an initial material support package at time of device fielding and the acquisition of spare and repair parts attributable to device modifications and upgrades. These Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Training System?s Spare and Repair Parts are the focus of this notice prior to the issuance of the Class J&A N61339-07-131C. NAVAIR Orlando TSD intends on negotiating and awarding multiple spare and repair buys on a sole source basis from 1 January 2007 through 31 December 2007. The total estimated amount of these purchases is expected to approach $10 million. The Navy and Marine Corps Aviation training system Original Equipment Manufacturer platforms and major subsystems to which this synopsis applies are annotated in Attachment (A). Furthermore, the sole source original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of spare and repair parts within these subsystems are enumerated within Attachment (A). Attachment (A) may be found at the NAVAIR Orlando Business Opportunities website at http://ntsc.navy.mil/EBusiness/BusOps/Index.cfm. Once linked to the website, select ENTRY TYPES to ALL. The attachment will be located under the heading Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Training Systems Spare and Repair Parts. While this synopsis serves as a pre-solicitation notice of the sole source acquisitions for spare and repair parts from the OEMs listed in Attachment (A), it is not intended to preclude the Government from acquiring spare and repair parts through the training system design/build contractor as this strategy may serve the Government?s best interest. The proposed contract actions are for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only the Attachment (A) sources under the authority of FAR 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, interested parties not identified within Attachment (A) are encouraged to express their interest and capability to respond to the requirements. Responses to this Sources Sought notice shall be received NLT fifteen days from the posting date. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether respondents should be added to Attachment (A). In those situations where the Government determines that identical parts are available from more than one source, it will compete these acquisitions among the identified sources. A determination by the Government not to compete these proposed contract actions based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. See Number Notes 2 and 22.