E-2 CORE OA

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to issue an order under Basic Ordering Agreement N00421-05-G-0001 for hardware and non-recurring engineering services required to mitigate obsolesence and develop, integrate, qualify and test, upgrades to the E-2D Mission Computer & Display (MCD) system and integrate the MCD onto the E-2C Hawkeye to support hardware and software commonality between the post production E-2C and E-2D aircraft. The acquisition encompasses two phases - Phase I is for Pre-Milestone B effort and Phase II is for effort which may be incurred once Milestone B approval has been granted. Phase I effort includes the preliminary design analysis leading to PDR which will result in a common E-2D and E-2C mission computer design based on the E-2D MCD - the Common Core Mission Computer (CCMC). It will also include a new Open Architecture (OA)/Tactical Information Services (TIS) software interface design/upgrades. Upon Milestone B approval, Phase II will result in a new contract to complete the design and integration of theCCMC, TIS and rehosting of the System Configuration Set (SCS) on the CCMC. NAVAIR intends to negotiate this order on a sole source basis with the Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC), 600 Grumman Road West, Bethpage, NY 11714 under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 (Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). This MCD effort will be sole sourced to NGSC because competing another variant will result in substantial duplication of costs, to include life cycle support costs, that are not anticipated to be recovered through competition. This synopsis is for informational purposes only. Inquiries regarding the availability of subcontracting opportunities should be forwarded directly to NGSC. See Numbered Note 22.