Purchase of Instrumentation Equipment for US Naval Test Pilot School aircraft

THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. In accordance with FAR Part 12, the Government intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Zodiac Aerospace (Zodiac Data Systems), 11800 Amber Park Drive, Suite 140, Alpharetta, GA 30009, under the statutory authority of Title 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This firm fixed-price requirement is for the purchase of equipment required for instrumentation systems in two (2) TPS aircraft (OH-58C Helicopters) and a playback unit to replay the acquired PCM Data. Given the nature of this effort, this sole source action will result in the purchase of equipment required for instrumentation systems in two (2) TPS aircraft (OH-58C Helicopters). The requested equipment must be compatible in all aspects with existing systems presently installed. The USNTPS currently has a quantity of twelve (12) D7100 SSR units and a quantity of three (3) GSR-200 Data Playback Units, currently used on other aircraft. USNTPS requires additional units to properly support instrumenting the two (2) OH-58C Helicopters. The units being ordered are the exact same units (form, fit, and function) as the units currently owned by USNTPS. The applicable NAICS Code is 334112 and the small business size standard is 1000 employees. Delivery schedule: eight (8) months ARO. Zodiac Data Systems is tasked with providing the following major components: D7100 Avionics Recorder System (2 each); SMPC Media Cartridge for D7000 (2 each); BBM20 Battery Backup Module (2 each); 8 Channel PCM merger record/replay (2 each); GSR200 (PCMCIA) Mainframe 256Mbit/s (1 each); DBM12-Blanking Module (4 ea); VSM 12-2 channel Voice & 1 channel serial record replay module (1 each); and MRG41 8 Channel PCM merger record/replay (1 each}. The D7100 must be and is Inter Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) Chapter 10 Digital Recording Standard compliant, in order for the data to be processed utilizing existing Navy Patuxent River Air Vehicle Modification and Instrumentation (AVMI) IRIG Chapter 10 ground station resources. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may submit a capability statement. All capability statements received in response to this notice shall be considered by the Government for the purpose of determining whether to initiate a competitive procurement. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis. All inquiries regarding this action should be sent to Mr. Kenneth Pirko via email at [email protected]. Inquiries/responses to this notice must be made within fifteen (15) days after this notice is posted electronically, and should include company name, point of contact, address, area code and telephone number, email address and company literature sufficient to make an adequate technical assessment. The Government reserves the right to process this procurement as a sole source action, based on the responses received.