MH-60R Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRA) Support and Sustainment
Updated
Solicitation from the Department of the Navy, for work in Clarksburg, Maryland. Due Nov 28, 2026, 4:00 AM (UTC-5), 29 days left.
| Solicitation number | N0001926RFPREQAPM2990566 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Department of the Navy |
| Office | Naval Air Systems Command |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511) |
| Product or service code | K016 |
| Place of performance | Clarksburg, Maryland |
| Posted | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 28, 2026, 4:00 AM (UTC-5) (29 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Maryland Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
1.0 INTRODUCTION The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), MH-60 PMA-299 (AIR – 2.3.4.2), Patuxent River, MD intends to negotiate multiple sole-source orders over a five-period (FY27-FY31) under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N00019-26-G-1012 with Thales Defense & Security, Inc. (TDSI), 22605 Gateway Center Dr Clarksburg, MD 20871, to support product support, development, sustaining engineering, repairs, spares, and logistical services associated with the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) system for integration into MH-60R, Multi-Mission Helicopter.
This notice also publicizes the government’s intent to negotiate and award the first planned task order under this BOA. This initial order will require a Sustaining Engineering evaluation for three (3) separate Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) Specialized Test Equipment (STE) benches. The Government intends to negotiate the initial and all subsequent BOA orders with TDSI under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.
This notice is published to identify interested responsible sources and obtain information regarding their capability to meet the stated requirement. The Government will consider timely submissions in determining whether a source is capable of meeting the requirement to satisfy FAR Part 10 and DFARS206.103-170. This notice also serves as the pre-solicitation synopsis requirements of FAR Part 5 for the initial task order.
Future orders under the BOA will be synopsized individually as they arise. issued 2.0 REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION 2.1 Overarching BOA Scope The anticipated orders issued under BOA N000926G1012 will encompass product support, Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE), development, and sustaining engineering supplies and services required to support the MH-60R Mission System AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs).
The primary WRAs include: Transducer Assembly (TA) Reeling Machine (RM) Reeling Machine Interface Unit (RMIU) Reeling Machine Control Unit (RMCU) Reel and Cable (R&C) The five-year scope includes NRE, recurring services, material, component repair, and logistical support to sustain and mitigate obsolescence across both active and delivered systems for the U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.
2.2 First Planned Task Order Scope The initial order to be executed under the BOA requires a Sustaining Engineering evaluation for the three (3) specific GFE STE benches associated with the AN/AQS-22 ALFS program: Reeling Machine Test Bench (RMTB) Transducer Assembly Test Bench (TATB) Reeling Machine Control System Test Bench (RMCSTB) This effort comprises engineering evaluations, hardware/software analysis, and documentation support to establish the test bench baseline configuration and Technical Data Package (TDP) for each bench., 3.0 SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION This acquisition is being pursued on a sole-source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) (formerly 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements."
TDSI is the U.S. based subsidiary of Thales Underwater Systems SAS (TUS), the original designer, developer, and manufacturer of the AN/AQS-22 ALFS System Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs) for the Transducer Assembly (TA), Reeling Machine (RM), Reeling Machine Interface Unit (RMIU), Reeling Machine Control Unit (RMCU) and Reel and Cable (R&C). TUS owns the proprietary data for these WRAs that is required to perform the efforts herein, including the applicable specifications, source code, and drawings.
Thus, TDSI has access and rights to the proprietary drawings and data required to perform these efforts efficiently and effectively. TDSI is also the current repair facility for TAs and the only source with domestic facilities, data, and experience to complete these efforts. No other firm possesses the required knowledge, experience, expertise, and proprietary technical and software data packages required to successfully fulfill this order in a timely and cost-effective manner.
4.0 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS (CAPABILITY STATEMENT) Responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which will be considered by the agency. Any offer must clearly demonstrate the capability to respond to this requirement without detriment to the H-60 Helicopter Program and must include personnel/resources specifically qualified to provide the supplies/services described. The capability statement must include your approach to accomplish this effort in support of the H-60 Helicopter Program.
This notice is not a request for proposals and does not imply or promise that the Government intends to award a contract vehicle as a result of this notice or in response to any capability statements received. The Government will not reimburse any costs incurred to prepare responses to this notice. It is requested that interested businesses submit to the contracting office a brief capabilities statement package (no more than 12 pages in length, single-spaced, 12-point font minimum) demonstrating ability to perform the tasking listed under the required capabilities.
Capabilities Statement shall address both ALFS and MTS in one document. This documentation must address at a minimum the following: Company Name; Company Address; Company Business Size, and Point-of-Contact (POC) name, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address. Company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office location(s), UEI number, and a statement regarding current small/large business status.
Prior/current corporate experience performing efforts of similar size and scope to the tasking described under “Required Capabilities” within the last three years, including contract numbers, contract values, Government point of contract with current telephone n
The description continues in the official notice.
Contracting contact
- Morgan P. McKay · [email protected]
- Lauren R Martz · [email protected]
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