Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting gear (AAG) Follow-on Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA)

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Patuxent River, MD announces its intention to award a five-year Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) sole source with General Atomics (GA) for the procurement of supplies and services in support of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) systems of the Ford Class of Carriers. Ordering period will be through 2031. The anticipated efforts under this potential BOA include, but are not limited to:

Engineering and Technical Support: Provide non-recurring engineering to develop forward-fit (production) and/or retrofit hardware and software; manage obsolescence; execute redesigns; and implement improvements to operational performance, safety, reliability, maintainability, life, and operational readiness.

Life Cycle Logistics: Provide obsolescence, redesigns, performance, safety, reliability, maintainability, life and operational readiness improvements. Resolve defects of assemblies, components, and parts. Develop installation, removal, and maintenance procedures including technical publications and directives to include the validation/verification of the aforementioned procedures.

Technical Data Management: Managing, maintaining the configuration of, and providing Government access to data within an integrated data environment (IDE). This includes all media associated with or impacted by any scope of these orders, whether created, altered, complimented, or supplemented by the Contractor or the Government.

Depot Standup Activities: Design test benches, procurement of tooling to support depot stand up activity, multi-site laboratory setup and major lab procurements. Individual Orders will include:

AAG Electrical Isolation production kits and install Cable Shock Absorber (CSA) Vent Valve non-recurring engineering (NRE) AAG MQ-25 compatibility software development, modeling and simulation, and test EMALS Ground Fault Detection hardware development EMALS Autosuspends software and hardware development and install EMALS Catapult Status Dashboard and Maintenance Laptops hardware development EMALS Block Switch Controller Complex Programmable Logic Device production kits and install EMALS Power Conversion System (PCS) Rectifier NRE, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), production kits, and install EMALS Rectifier Temp Transmitter NRE, production kits, and install EMALS PCS Motor Controller Central Processing Unit (CPU) NRE, production kits, and install EMALS Launch Management System (LMS)Armature Cooling System NRE EMALS PCS Position Data Collector NRE EMALS Prime Power Interface Subsystem (PPIS) Transformer Rectifier NRE and install EMALS Transformer Rectifier Fuse Detection production kits and installation EMALS and AAG Depot engineering, logistics, and Support Equipment EMALS and AAG diversion and cannibalizations THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.

This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C.

3204(a)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, “only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.” As the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of the EMALS and AAG system, GA is the only responsible source with the access, unique knowledge, experience, special skills, facilities, manufacturing techniques, and technical data required to fulfill this requirement.

Award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements. Further, NAVAIR does not have an adequate technical data package suitable for a competitive procurement of the anticipated efforts required. Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should directly contact Zach Baur, Small Business Liaison for General Atomics via e-mail:

SB4GA@ga.com or Phone: (858) 455-2603. Capability statements received by the close of the synopsis may be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award, or be responsible for any money expended by interested parties before award of a contract for the effort described above. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract.