The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst intends to make a sole-source award to Lockheed Martin for Peculiar Support Equipment (PSE) supporting the C-130 Kinston Depot project, Kuwait Foreign Military Sales, and KC-130J In Flight Refueling efforts. Lockheed Martin is the Original Equipment Manufacturer with proprietary data rights, and no other authorized distributors or manufacturers can meet the requirement. The government will consider responses from alternate offerors, who must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). A solicitation will not be posted unless alternate sources are identified, and this notice does not constitute a request for competitive proposals. No budget or performance location were specified.

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst intends to award a sole-source contract to Lockheed Martin for Peculiar Support Equipment (PSE) supporting the C-130 Kinston Depot project, Kuwait Foreign Military Sales, and KC-130J In-Flight Refueling efforts. Lockheed Martin is the original equipment manufacturer and only approved source for these items, several of which are designated Critical Safety Items; the technical authority is NAWCAD Lakehurst. Qualifying an alternative source would require an engineering and quality assurance audit that generally takes 12 months, deemed an unacceptable delay. Alternate offerors may submit a Source Approval Request (SAR) package with detailed manufacturing, inspection, and comparison documentation for evaluation by the technical authority. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals, and SAM registration is mandatory for consideration.