The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, MD intends to award a sole source hardware and sustainment contract to Insitu Inc., 118 E. Columbia River Way, Bingen WA, in support of the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program, PMA-263. This Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will have Firm Fixed Price (FFP) orders to procure RQ-21A Blackjack and ScanEagle UAS hardware and services in support of PMA-263’s domestic and international customers.

The type of supplies and services to be procured under this IDIQ will include RQ-21A and ScanEagle air vehicles; payloads; turrets; spares and support equipment; hardware; training; test and engineering; development of change requests and associated engineering change proposals; operations support; Organizational Level (O-Level) maintenance; Field Service Representative (FSR) services; travel; basic life support services, land and ship site surveys; hardware site activation; hardware installs; repairs and consumable parts; program management and the development of noncommercial technical data and software.

This action is being awarded on a sole source basis to Insitu, Inc. in accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition under Title 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements."  Insitu, Inc. is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the RQ-21A Blackjack, and as such, is the only known source available with the requisite technical knowledge, experience and tooling to perform the efforts described herein, in order to satisfy the government’s requirement. 

Small businesses interested in subcontracting possibilities may contact Stephanie Engel at [email protected], Insitu, Inc. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals.

This synopsis is published for information purposes only.  (THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS).  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 are no commitments by the Government to issue any solicitations, make an award or awards, or to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties before award of a contract for the efforts mentioned above. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract. No telephone responses will be accepted.