16--FOLLOWER GEAR - AND OTHER REPLACEMENT PARTS

The United States Navy is soliciting proposals for the supply of follower gear and other replacement parts. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. The subject item requires Government source approval prior to contract award, as the item is flight critical and/or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. Some key points to consider: • The Government does not own the data or the rights to the data needed to purchase/contract repair of this part from additional sources. • It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. • It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part. • The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that an award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. • Interested parties may obtain copies of Military and Federal Specifications and Standards, Qualified Products Lists (QPLs), Qualified Product Databases (QPDs), Military Handbooks, and other standardized documents from the DoD Single Stock Point (DODSSP).