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FBO Post Title: Request for Interested Manufacturers for the following items: 20MM Transfer Unit, NSN 1005-01-046-3536, Part Number 211F603 20MM Transfer Unit Assembly, NSN 1005-01-105-5476, Part Numb... FBO Post Title: Request for Interested Manufacturers for the following items: 20MM Transfer Unit, NSN 1005-01-046-3536, Part Number 211F603 20MM Transfer Unit Assembly, NSN 1005-01-105-5476, Part Number 211F562 Subject: The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that may possess the expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet the requirements for qualification and production of the 20MM Transfer Unit 1005-01-046-3536 and the 20MM Transfer Unit Assembly, NSN 1005-01-105-5476, Part Number 211F562. Item Description: NSN: 1005-01-046-3536 The 20mm Transfer Unit is attached to the M61A1 gun and is gear-driven by the gun. Gear-driven sprocket assemblies and guides within the transfer unit maintain positive control of the rounds and conveyor elements passing through the transfer unit. The transfer unit removes rounds from the conveyor, places the rounds into the extractor lip of the gun breech bolts, receives expended cases and unfired rounds from the gun breech bolts, and places them in the conveyor. Impediment to Competition: 3/Q AMC 3: Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the actual manufacturer. AMSC Q: The Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both needed to purchase this part from additional sources. The Government has been unable to economically buy the data or rights to the data, although the part has been undergoing full screening for 12 or more months. Breakout to competition has not been achieved, but current, continuing actions to obtain necessary rights to data or adequate, reprocurement technical data indicate breakout to competition is expected to be achieved. This part may be a candidate for reverse engineering or other techniques to obtain technical data. All AMSC Q items are required to be reviewed within the timeframes cited in 2-203(b). If one source is available, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If at least two sources exist, AMCs 1 or 2 are valid. These parts are undergoing a transition to model-based definition and the 3D solid models must be validated before an AMSC C-code is assigned to the item or an AMSC G-code is assigned to the item, although the Air Force has the completed 2D Technical Data Package (TDP). The 3D model will not be release to Air Force (AF) until the model can be validated against the actual manufacture part. The 20MM Transfer Unit and the 20MM Transfer Unit Assembly shall be coded “H” for the first buy only in order to validate the 3D models at General Dynamics CAGE 05606. To prevent backorders, contracts may concurrently be awarded per previous revision until the current revision is validated. Interest: The DLA/AWB Contracting Office intends to award a sole source contract to for the manufacture of the 20MM Transfer Unit and the 20MM Transfer Unit Assembly in support of the F-16 Aircraft program. Any interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement no later than closing date by emailing your name and email address to todd.stimus@us.af.mil and/or janet.harvey.3@us.af.mil. The government intends to procure these items using Other Than Full and Open Competition as prescribed by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Disclaimer: This Sources Sought Synopsis 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.