SAM # N68520-27-RFPREQ-KN00000-0146

BPA for KAron Liner Work on F/A-18 Nose Landing Gear Steering Collars

The Navy intends to establish a BPA for KAron liner work on F/A-18 nose landing gear steering collars, with ordering through individual service calls. - Opportunity and buyer - The notice is a pre-solicitation/intent to award, not an award or a request for competitive quotes. The buyer is Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW), Naval Air Station North Island, under the Department of the Navy and NAVAIR. - COMFRC intends a sole-source BPA with Kamatics Corporation, identified as the KAron OEM and the only source with the required proprietary technical data and expertise. The notice says Kamatics personnel must perform modifications or repairs. - Work requested - Apply the KAron liner profile and finish-machine liners on government-owned F/A-18E/F/G nose landing gear steering collars, then inspect and certify the work. - Record and provide inside-dimension measurements, provide required documentation, package completed collars, and ship them back. Work is performed off-site. - Supported Safran part numbers are 74A430612-1009 and 74A430612-1007. These identify the supported government-furnished parts; the notice provides no service quantities, and order quantities are non-binding estimates issued through individual BPA calls. - Requirements and deliverables - The draft PWS requires the contractor to be a NAVAIR- and Boeing-approved source. The notice also describes the planned award as sole-source to Kamatics. - Submit a Certificate of Compliance/Conformance (CDRL A001) under PWS Section 6.5 and a Contract Field Service Report (CDRL A002) under Section 7.4.1.1. Submit both within five business days after completing services. - The field report must include applicable equipment discrepancies that could prevent the equipment from meeting original manufacturer standards, recommended services, and follow-on service recommendations. - Term and value - Initial ordering period: 12 months from award, with up to nine additional 12-month extensions, for a maximum potential duration of 120 months. No award date is specified. - The notice does not provide an estimated contract value, guaranteed quantity, or specific part number for the KAron liner itself. - Other-source submissions - Although the Government intends a sole-source award, the notice states that other responsible sources may submit capability information for Government consideration. No submission deadline is provided in the supplied information.

Description

The Commander Fleet Readiness Center (COMFRC) hereby gives notice of their intent to award a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), on a sole source basis, to Kamatics Corporation Cage Code: 50632, 1330 Blue Hills Ave, Bloomfield, CT 06002-5303 on a sole source basis.  In accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), only one source reasonably available and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Kamatics is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the KAron liner. KAron is a polyester, thermosetting, resin-based coating incorporating Teflon particles which is tailored to meet specific performance requirements, qualified to aviation military specifications and is trademarked and proprietary to Kamatics. No modifications, therefore, repairs, can be made by any personnel other than Kamatics personnel. The OEM exclusively possesses the requisite technical data, knowledge, and intellectual property necessary to apply KAron liner to the F/A-18 NLG Steering Collar as specified in the blueprint. Certain drawings and technical data associated with this requirement are proprietary to Kamatics and shall not be reproduced, disclosed, or used except as authorized by the rights holder.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.  However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which, if received within fifteen (15) days after the date of this publication, will be considered.  Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement without impacting the requirement.  A determination by the Government not the compete this requirement based upon responses received as a result of this notice if solely within the discretion of the Government.

The points of contact for this requirement are Brittany Owens, brittany.a.owens8.civ@us.navy.mil, and Tiffany Crayle, tiffany.l.crayle.civ@us.navy.mil

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