Sole Source Opportunity for Integrated Communication Systems with Department of Defense

The following notice serves as a proposed contract action synopsis prepared in accordance with FAR 5.2, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This proposed contract action is being procured on a sole source basis. The anticipated North American Industrial System (NAICS) Code is 541330 with a Small Business Size Standard of $25.5M. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, RI (NUWCDIVNPT) intends to award a Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract on a sole source basis to L3 Technologies, Inc. (hereafter referred to as “L3”) for legacy Integrated Communications System (ICS). The basis for the only one responsible source determination is that only L3 can meet the Government’s technical

requirements as outlined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) (see attachment I) and Fleet operational and schedule

requirements. The Government has determined that to maintain ICS capability used onboard current equipment the Government must purchase services and hardware on a sole source basis to maintain continuous fleet capability and avoid a substantial duplication of costs. Further, the Government determined that any company other than L3 would take an additional hundred and sixty-eight (168) months to get to first production unit delivery, and this delay represents an unacceptable schedule impact to the Government resulting in a mission capability gap that represents a significant risk to Fleet operations. The proposed contract action is for services and supplies for which the Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), ‘Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency

requirements.’ L3 is the only responsible source capable of providing the highly specialized services required to maintain ICS capability. Any other source would result in substantial duplication of costs to the Government and create unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s needs. Therefore, L3 is the only source capable of providing the required services and parts to meet the Government’s minimum

requirements. The draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) is provided as Attachment 1 to this notice. The

place of performance is at the Contractor’s site, NUWCDIVNPT, and other locations to be identified at the order level. The anticipated date for solicitation release is April 2026. The anticipated award date of this requirement is expected to be on or about