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N6833526Q1067-MQ-4C Lift Table Assembly Synopsis PSC: 3920 NAICS: 333924 The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, intends to solicit, negotiate and make an award on a sole-source basis with AVIOSS, LLC (CAGE 7V3W5) for a Fixed-Price contract. This procurement is for the production and delivery of Lift Table Assembly, Part Number (P/N) 4106AS0381-1 for MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program in support of the United States Navy (USN). This acquisition is being pursued on a sole-source basis under the statutory authority of Title 10, U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirements. A solicitation will NOT be posted following the close of this synopsis, unless alternate offerors are identified. The Lift Table Assembly is designated as a Critical Safety Item (CSI). DFARS 209.270(e) states that “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.” For this particular item Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst (LKE) is the Technical Authority (TA). AVIOSS, LLC (CAGE 7V3W5) is currently the only approved source that can manufacture the required Lift Table Assembly. In order to award to any company other than AVIOSS, LLC an engineering and quality assurance audit would need to be conducted on an interested company. The audit process generally takes 12 months which is an unacceptable delay to contract award and delivery. The CSI item is the only one validated and verified for compatible use with the MQ-4C Triton UAS. Alternate offerors must submit a Source Approval Request (SAR) package within (15) days of the publication of this synopsis to the Contract Specialist in order to be considered for evaluation to become a qualified source. Once received, the SAR package will be forwarded to the Technical Authority (TA). The SAR package shall contain the following documentation: Copy of the complete configuration drawings for similar items which your company has produced within the last three (3) years, including test procedures for which your company has been: Qualified to manufacture, and; Which is similar, i.e., requires the same materials, manufacturing processes, inspections, tolerances and similar applications as the items for which you are seeking approval. Copy of the complete process/ operation sheets used to manufacture the similar item, including, but not limited to, detailed shop sketches. These plans must note those operations and processes performed by subcontractors/ vendors. Complete copies of purchase orders, shipping documents, etc., that document delivery of production quantities of…

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