CXP tech refresh Phase 2

The Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River intends to award orders on a sole source basis under an existing Basis Ordering Agreement for supplies and services associated with FY2025-FY2027 Air platform Combat Identification Systems for the United States Navy and Foreign Military Sales, Army, Coast Guard or other service or agency to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration (hereinafter referred to as “BAE Systems”), Greenlawn, New York.

Supplies and services to be procured will support the following systems to include nomenclature changes and upgrades: AN/APX-117/117A(V), AN/APX-118/118A(V), & AN/APX-123/123A(V) Common Digital Transponder (CXP); and AN/APX-111(V) Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT). Supplies and/or services to be procured may include the following:

qualification and/or certification testing; configuration changes; data collection, processing, and analysis; design, manufacture, assembly, installation and test of breadboards and/or prototypes; data development and software update/development; engineering/trouble report investigations; engineering change proposals; feasibility and integration studies/efforts; interchangeability assessments; laboratory simulations; logistics products; obsolescence mitigation including Shop Replaceable Assembly procurement; government furnished equipment repairs; support of the Secure Internet Protocol Router Network capability installed at BAE Systems’ facility; and test plans/testing.

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". BAE Systems is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of these systems and the only known source with the CXP/CIT Systems integration capability and experience required to perform the efforts.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. The Government does not intend to use the provisions of FAR Part 12 for this acquisition. Questions concerning subcontracting opportunities should be directed to Jim Pettit at BAE Systems, at jim.pettit@baesystems.us.