ASDE-3 Power Supply Modulators

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to negotiate a contract on a single source basis with Quarterwave Corporation for the acquisition of Power Supply Modulators (PSM) model 1764 for the Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE)-3 radar system. The Model 1764 PSM is a custom unit originally designed by Quarterwave Corporation as part of the ASDE-3 system. The PSM is a critical part necessary to maintain ASDE-3 facilities. • The current requirement is necessary to avoid extended outages at National Airspace Systems (NAS) ASDE-3 facilities. • Quarterwave owns all proprietary data rights and proprietary information necessary to conduct manufacture, repair, and test of these assets. • The proposed principle North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 335311, Power, Distribution and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing, with a Small Business Size Standard of 800.