The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Technology Application Contracting Office (TAKO) is interested in identifying potential vendors who have the necessary capabilities to provide Life Cycle Contractor Support (LCCS) for sustainment of AN/APQ-174B Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) and AN/APQ-187 Silent Knight Radar (SKR) systems and subsystems. This support includes depot level maintenance support and repair, spare and repair parts management, sustainment, programmatic support, technical guidance, a Reliability Improvement Program, technical supply management, on-site customer service support, sourcing of technical data for publications and training, support and test equipment maintenance, and on-site training for unit personnel for the MMR/SKR systems installed Special Operations Aircraft. 

The Government expects to negotiate and award this requirement on a sole source basis under the authority of 10 U.S.C. §2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, to Raytheon Company, 2501 W. University Drive, McKinney, TX 75071-2813. The Government possesses neither the required level of engineering nor the software documentation necessary to complete the above tasks. As the designer, developer, and original equipment manufacturer of the AN/APQ-174B Radar and AN/APQ-187 Radar systems and subsystems, Raytheon owns all proprietary data rights to these systems and is not currently receptive to the concept of selling these data rights to the Government or competitors, necessitating sole source negotiation and award. Parties that feel they can provide this service are encouraged to identify themselves. While this notice is not a request for competitive proposal, the Government will consider all proposals received by the response date specified in this announcement.

This Sources Sought is the initiation of market research under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Part 10, and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future.  The information collected may be used by the Government to explore acquisition options and strategies.  All information received in response to this Sources Sought that is properly marked as "proprietary" will be protected as proprietary information.  Such information will be reviewed by a team comprised of Government as well as contractor personnel hired to provide technical assistance for the Government's preparation of an acquisition strategy.

All members of the team will be reminded of their obligation to protect such information to the maximum extent permitted or required by the Economic Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. 1831 et seq., and other applicable statutes or regulations.  In addition, Government members will be reminded of their obligations to afford protection under the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905.  All contractor members are required to protect the information by the terms of their contracts.  The Government will make a determination whether or not contractor personnel have organizational conflicts of interest that could adversely affect protection of the information.  In an effort to ease the coordination for potential need of nondisclosure agreements between multiple parties as part of the Government's market research, the Government will treat all notice responses as proprietary and to disclose the contents only for the purpose of Government market research and acquisition planning activities.  All proprietary information is submitted with the above understanding that these contractor technical experts will have access and should be marked accordingly.  The Government shall not be liable for, or suffer any consequential damages, for any proprietary information not properly identified.

All interested, capable, and responsible sources that would like to respond to this sources sought are encouraged to provide a statement of interest along with supporting data via email to Mrs. Robbie Person, Contract Specialist ([email protected]) no later than 11:00 am EST on 11 July 2019.  Once the sources sought requirement has closed, the Government will contact individual responders for any further information required.