MH-60R Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRA) Support and Sustainment

1.0 INTRODUCTION The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), MH-60 PMA-299 (AIR – 2.3.4.2), Patuxent River, MD intends to negotiate multiple sole-source orders over a five-period (FY27-FY31) under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N00019-26-G-1012 with Thales Defense & Security, Inc. (TDSI), 22605 Gateway Center Dr Clarksburg, MD 20871, to support product support, development, sustaining engineering, repairs, spares, and logistical services associated with the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) system for integration into MH-60R, Multi-Mission Helicopter. This notice also publicizes the government’s intent to negotiate and award the first planned task order under this BOA. This initial order will require a Sustaining Engineering evaluation for three (3) separate Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) Specialized Test Equipment (STE) benches. The Government intends to negotiate the initial and all subsequent BOA orders with TDSI under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This notice is published to identify interested responsible sources and obtain information regarding their capability to meet the stated requirement. The Government will consider timely submissions in determining whether a source is capable of meeting the requirement to satisfy FAR Part 10 and DFARS206.103-170. This notice also serves as the pre-solicitation synopsis requirements of FAR Part 5 for the initial task order. Future orders under the BOA will be synopsized individually as they arise. issued 2.0 REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Overarching BOA Scope The anticipated orders issued under BOA N000926G1012 will encompass product support, Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE), development, and sustaining engineering supplies and services required to support the MH-60R Mission System AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs). The primary WRAs include: Transducer Assembly (TA) Reeling Machine (RM) Reeling Machine Interface Unit (RMIU) Reeling Machine Control Unit (RMCU) Reel and Cable (R&C) The five-year scope includes NRE, recurring services, material, component repair, and logistical support to sustain and mitigate obsolescence across both active and delivered systems for the U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. 2.2 First Planned Task Order Scope The initial order to be executed under the BOA requires a Sustaining Engineering evaluation for the three (3) specific GFE STE benches associated with the AN/AQS-22 ALFS program: Reeling Machine Test Bench (RMTB) Transducer Assembly Test Bench (TATB) Reeling Machine Control System Test Bench (RMCSTB) This effort comprises engineering evaluations, hardware/software analysis, and documentation support to establish the test bench baseline configuration and Technical Data Package (TDP) for each bench., 3.0 SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION This acquisition is being pursued on a sole-source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) (formerly 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." TDSI is the U.S. based subsidiary of Thales Underwater Systems SAS (TUS), the original designer, developer, and manufacturer of the AN/AQS-22 ALFS System Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs) for the Transducer Assembly (TA), Reeling Machine (RM), Reeling Machine Interface Unit (RMIU), Reeling Machine Control Unit (RMCU) and Reel and Cable (R&C). TUS owns the proprietary data for these WRAs that is required to perform the efforts herein, including the applicable specifications, source code, and drawings. Thus, TDSI has access and rights to the proprietary drawings and data required to perform these efforts efficiently and effectively. TDSI is also the current repair facility for TAs and the only source with domestic facilities, data, and experience…