16--VAVLE,HOT SIDE TEM, IN REPAIR/MODIFICATION OF

The United States Navy is soliciting proposals for the repair or modification of a VAVLE, HOT SIDE TEM, with a quantity of 17 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 item requires Government source approval prior to contract award, as it is flight critical and/or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. Only the source(s) previously approved by the Government for this item have been solicited. • The item 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.