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DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNME... DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. INTRODUCTION: The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Patuxent River, MD announces its intention to award orders under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA), N0001920G0005 to support the AN/AAQ-24 Department of the Navy Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (DoN LAIRCM) Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs) in accordance with BOA effective dates between 16 May 2020 and 15 May 2025. Orders under this BOA will be to obtain engineering and technical services, logistics support, test and evaluation support, retrofit, and related repairs in support of the AN/AAQ-24. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible businesses capable of providing the services described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a Request for Proposal. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this notice. ELIGIBILITY: The Product/Service Code (PSC) most appropriate for this contract is 5865: Electronic Countermeasures, Counter-countermeasures and Quick Reaction Capability Equipment, that includes and is restricted to passive and active electronic equipment, systems, and subsystems designed to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of radiated electromagnetic energy or designed to insure our own effective use of radiated electromagnetic energy. All interested businesses are encouraged to respond. ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Orders under BOA N0001920G0005 may be issued starting on 16 May 2020. ANTICIPATED CONTRACT TYPE: The contract type for each order will be determined in accordance with the requirements for each effort, and is anticipated to be a mix of Fixed Price and Cost Reimbursable. PROGRAM BACKGROUND: The AN/AAQ-24 Department of the Navy Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (DoN LAIRCM) Weapon Replaceable Assemblies is an ACAT II Program that provides aircraft survivability against MANPADS observed in theater of operations. Employs AN/AAQ-24 with Advanced Threat Warning (ATW) sensor, to provide necessary aircraft protection for medium/large aircraft. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: Requirements include familiarity with the AN/AAQ-24 advanced technology to improve aircraft/aircrew survivability and aircrew situational awareness. Operational software improvements will incorporate ALE-47 (CMDS) Smart Dispense capabilities, as well as cooperative Laser-Flare countermeasure solutions to defeat advanced threats. ATW sensor improvements will focus on single and multi-shot threat detection and threat identification. Individual orders will be awarded to procure the following: engineering integration, analysis and evaluation of engineering tradeoffs, engineering and supportability studies, support of technical developments, software development, integration and test; and limited weapons replaceable assemblies and shop replaceable assemblies, spares and support equipment respective to the AN/AAQ-24. The Government did not procure the technical data for the AN/AAQ-24, so any interested business would have to negotiate for access to and use of that data from the original supplier, in order to fulfill the potential requirement in the time required. The effort in this procurement will satisfy the Government's minimum need. INCUMBENT: This is a follow-on requirement. The incumbent contractor is: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Mission Systems Sector Land & Avionics C4ISR Division, 600 Hicks Road, Rolling Meadows. IL 60008. SUBMISSION DETAILS: Interested business shall submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten (10) 8.5 x 11 inch pages, font no smaller than 12 point, 1.5 line spaced) demonstrating their ability to perform the services described herein; Documentation should be in bullet point format. The capability statement package shall be sent by mail to V22 Contracts, Gina Bailey, V22117, 47123 Buse Road, Building 2272, Suite 453, Patuxent River, Maryland 20670 or by email to gina.m.bailey@navy.mil and Christopher.harritt@navy.mil. Submissions must be received at the office and/or email cited no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 24 July 2020. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), Christopher J. Harritt or Contract Specialist, Gina Bailey at the above email addresses. All responses shall include Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size, and Points-of-Contact (POC) including name, phone number, fax number and email address.