Inactive 8(a) Sole Source (FAR 19.8)

The Naval Air Systems Command, Major Weapons Systems For AIR ASW, C/KC-130 Program (AIR 2.3.5.2), Patuxent River, Maryland intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract modification to Sierra ... The Naval Air Systems Command, Major Weapons Systems For AIR ASW, C/KC-130 Program (AIR 2.3.5.2), Patuxent River, Maryland intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract modification to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to provide the supplies and services necessary to design, manufacture, test, integrate and installation of Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit (HAWK) Plus (HH+) Engineering Change Proposal Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS). The Government intends to award a sole source acquisition under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements”. Implementation and operation of the weapon and sensor systems that provide the Close Air Support and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance capability on the KC-130J aircraft is performed via the integrated SNC Burma software suite. SNC is the sole designer, developer, manufacturer and integrator of the Burma software suite. In order to meet the engineering and logistics requirements, technical data associated with the Burma software, is required to define, control, and document all physical, electrical, structural, software and functional interfaces between the KC-130J aircraft systems and software. The technical data is proprietary to SNC, which is unwilling to sell the technical data. As a result, SNC is the only source that possesses the requisite knowledge, experience, and technical data to perform the required efforts. Naval Air Systems Command intends to award a modification to SNC to design, manufacture, test, integrate and installation of Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit (HAWK) Plus (HH+) Engineering Change Proposal for Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS), and program management functions in support of the HH+ program. The BLOS upgrade addresses the void of Battle Space Commanders situational awareness by providing full motion video and enhanced communications capability within the HH+ Mission Operator Pallet (MOP) via hardware and BURMA software modifications. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties, however, may identify their interest and capability by responding to this requirement. The Government will consider all capability information received prior to the closing date of this synopsis. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract modification based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No phone inquiries will be entertained. Reponses shall be made by email to Whitney Larson using the contact information provided in this synopsis. Unless otherwise stated herein, no additional written information is available.