70--DISPLAY UNIT, IN REPAIR/MODIFICATION OF

The United States Navy is soliciting proposals for the repair or modification of a display unit. The solicitation 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 proposed contract action is for a display unit, and the Government is seeking a qualified source to provide the required services. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application. Some key points to consider: * The display unit requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. * Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing/repair knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition/repair of the part from the approved source(s). * The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing/repair knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. * An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. * 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.