16--STEERING UNIT,AIRCR, IN REPAIR/MODIFICATION OF

The Navy is soliciting proposals for the repair or modification of a steering unit, part number 7R-1620-014752013-V2, with a quantity of 82 units. 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 part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity to maintain its quality. Only approved sources have been solicited, and new sources must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures. * The part is flight critical and/or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. * The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application. * If a company is not an approved source, it must submit the information detailed in one of the NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) Source Approval Information Brochures with its proposal.