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SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT

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AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER AND SURFACE

VEHICLE (AUSV)

This Sources Sought notice is to satisfy the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 206.302-1(d) posting requirement. NSWC PCD is tasked to procure additional Ocean Aero (OA) TRITON Unmanned systems to continue to test and evaluation employment applications to include integration with new technologies and contractor support for ongoing testing tasks.

The purpose of this sources sought announcement, a market survey for written information only, is to identify sources capable of providing support and expertise, with intentions of proposing on this effort. The anticipated NAICS code is 336612 – Boat Building with a size standard of 1000 employees, PSC Code 1940. The anticipated purchase will be a one-time buy. The prospective small business entity is Ocean Aero, Inc.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS; however, the Government will consider all responses received to this notice. The information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit or award a contract. The Government is not obligated and will not pay for preparation of responses to this notice.

SUBMISSION CONTENT: Written responses are requested to be no more than 10 single-spaced, 8.5 x 11-inch pages using 12-point Times New Roman font minimum. If the material provided contains proprietary information, please mark accordingly, and provide disposition instructions (submitted data will not be returned). Classified material shall not be submitted. The response should include, but is not limited to, the following:

a) A one-page company profile to include Company name, address, point of contact (including telephone number and email address), Small Business Administration (SBA) business size classification (i.e., large, small, small disadvantaged, service disabled, veteran owned, HUB Zone, etc.), number of employees, Cage Code, DUNS number, NAICS Code, major products, primary customer base and represent ownership including Country of ownership. If partnering with another company, describe the capability of performance of partner company or business attributes desired to ensure the partner company is capable of performance.

This sources sought announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement, or any follow-up information requests. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the Government’s capability assessment.

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