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The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, in support of the Prototype, Manufacturing, and Test Department intends to solicit, negotiate, and award on a sole source basis a tot... The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, in support of the Prototype, Manufacturing, and Test Department intends to solicit, negotiate, and award on a sole source basis a total of 14 Improved Low Loss Launch Valve (ILLLV) Head Cover Plates (P/N: 626758-1). It is anticipated that a quantity of seven Head Cover Plates will be procured in the base period and an additional quantity of seven Head Cover Plates will be procured in the option period. The ILLLV Head Cover Plate is a designated Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Critical Safety Item. DFARS 209.270-3(a) states, "The head of the contracting activity responsible for procuring an aviation or ship critical safety item may enter into a contract for the procurement, modification, repair, or overhaul of such an item only with a source approved by the head of the design control activity." Technical Data Requirement (TDR) 21-17031 regarding the procurement of the ILLLV Head Cover Plate identifies only one approved source, The Entwistle Company of Hudson, MA (CAGE 20722). In order to award to any other company than The Entwistle Company, an engineering and quality assurance audit would need to be performed on an interested company. The audit process generally takes twelve months, which is an unacceptable delay to contract award and delivery. All responsible sources shall meet all technical and quality assurance requirements detailed in the drawing 626758 Revision F: Head Cover Plate as well as the TDR 21-17031 and Quality Management 1006. For companies interested in becoming an approved source, a Source Approval Request (SAR) is necessary, which involves the submission of a SAR package. Please contact Lauren Clemmens at the email identified in this post for more information about the SAR package and approval process. The reference drawings contain technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act. In order for companies who are interested in becoming a qualified source to obtain the technical drawings, interested vendors must forward a current, approved DD Form 2345 "Military Critical Technical Data Agreement" to Lauren Clemmens, via the email identified in this notice. A submitted DD Form 2345 will be validated as being current with the Defense Logistics Agency's Logistics Information Service - Joint Certification Program. Drawings will be only provided to the individual identified as the data custodian on the approved form. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiation with only one source under the authority of 10 USC 2304(c)(1), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses must be received by the response date and time of this notice. RESPONSES BY PHONE OR FAX WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.