59 -- 270' MACHINERY PROPULSION CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM (MPCMS)

The U.S. Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center in Baltimore, MD, has a requirement to issue a requirements-type contract to upgrade the Propulsion Control and Vital Alarm Systems portion of the Machinery Plant Control and Monitoring System (MPCMS) for the Coast Guard 270 Foot Medium Endurance Cutters (WMEC). A requirements contract, consisting of one (1) base year and four (4) option years is anticipated. It is the Governments belief that only L-3 Communications, the Original Equipment Manufacturer, possesses the required technical and engineering specifications and drawings to successfully provide this upgrade. This information is proprietary to L-3 Communications. The Government did not procure this information, or the rights to use this information, under the original contract. Therefore it is the Governments intention to solicit and negotiate only with L-3 Communications. Concerns having the expertise and required capabilities to furnish the above items were invited to submit their capabilities in the Sources Sought notice published in FedBizOpps on October 24, 2006. Request For Proposal (RFP) Number HSCG40-07-R-20021 shall be available for download from FedBizOpps (www.eps.gov) on or about May 21, 2007. This date is estimated at best. The closing date for receipt of proposals is contingent upon the release of the RFP package, but is estimated to be June 21, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Numbered Notes 12 and 22. This synopsis is issued pursuant to FAR 6.303-1 and HSAM 3006.302. For information regarding this acquisition, contact the Contracting officials listed herein.