LANDING CRAFT AIR CUSHION (LCAC) COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS AND NAVIGATION (C4N) RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (RIP) STORE ROOM AND INTERIM SPARE PARTS The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, FL intends to award a firm fixed price sole source contract to the Titan Corporation of San Diego, CA for three (3) ship sets of storeroom and interim spare parts for the LCAC C4N RIP. This will provide spare parts to be used by the two Fleet Assault Craft Units (ACU) and NSWC-PC, as the depot, to operationally and logistically support the following upgraded equipments being produced under contract N61331-04-C-0015: Integrated UKB Computer RIP systems, Integrated Navigation Computer RIP systems, Integrated IP based Common Data recorder (CDR) Computer systems, Ethernet Network Switch Assemblies, and the Control & Alarm Monitoring System (CAMS) Video Switch RIP units. This acquisition is unsuitable for full and open competition for the following reasons. The equipment suite that makes up the LCAC C4N RIP systems was uniquely designed by Titan Corporation for the LCAC C4N RIP. The spare parts for these items are required to be u! niquely configured to work within these equipments prior to placing them on the shelf for storage or issuing to the Fleet. Only Titan, as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for this equipment, has the in-depth knowledge and technical data required for successful configuration.

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