The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) Contracts Department (254200D), China Lake, CA intends to
award a sole source contract to Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) for the qualification and
integration of the WDU-17A/B warhead into the AIM-9X-2/-3. Using another vendor would result in a substantial duplication
of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition (See FAR 6.302-1(2)(ii)(A) and 10 U.S.C.
2304(d)(1)). The Contractor will support peer review of the WDU-17A/B manufacturing processes and Navy Munitions
Document (NMD) development. The Contractor will be responsible for the procurement of warheads using the WDU-17A/B
Technical Data Package (TDP) to support Government-conducted qualification efforts. The warheads will be fabricated using
production representative material, supply chain, documentation, process control, and quality control methods.

All responsible sources must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the following website: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

Written responses shall be submitted by e-mail to the point(s) of contact listed below or mailed to the Contracting Office Address listed below no later than 30 days from this notice date.

Contractors must be certified through Defense Logistics Information Services (DLIS) in order to access Controlled Unclassified Information within FBO. See the DLIS website for registration details: https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/jcp/search.aspx

Going forward, all new entities registering in GSA's System for Award Management (SAM), as well as existing registrations being updated or renewed, will require the submission of an original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number before the registration will be activated. It is recommended that all interested parties be aware that processing this additional information may take several days and are proactive in maintaining the SAM registrations in an "Active" status as the government cannot award to an entity without an "Active" SAM registration. More information can be found at www.gsa.gov/samupdate.

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