SOLE SOURCE / LIMITED COMPETITION – PROCUREMENT OF TR-333 HYDROPHONE HOUSINGS – PSC 5845 – NAICS 332710

The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane is seeking to procure TR-333 Hydrophone Housings for use in the manufacture of US and UK hydrophones for the SP24 TRIDENT. The housings will be used as replacement assets during normal refit/replenish/replacement operations. The contract will be a non-commercial, 5-year, firm-fixed-price (FFP), indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The Government intends to award the contract to one of the current certified sources: Stark Precision Machine LLC, D & D Automation Inc, or Enjet Aero Terre Haute LLC. • The contract requires the delivery of hydrophone housings along with production test and inspection data for each. • The contractor must generate and submit Certificates of Compliance to the Government with each shipment of housings. • The contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and in the Joint Certification Program (JCP). • The estimated cost to restore capability if a different vendor's Hydrophone Housings is procured is projected to be roughly $4 million higher than the proposed cost to utilize an existing certified source.