FBO Notice Date 05/16/12
BIDS Reference Number 6
Document Type: Presolicitation
Research and Development

Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave. S.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20375

A -- ROBOTIC ARM SYSTEM SOL N00173-12-R-CB04 POC Cheryl R Burkhardt,Phone: 202-767-6542 POP Contractor Facility, United States WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/ONR/N00173/N00173-12-R-CB04/listing.html E-MAIL:cheri.burkhardt@nrl.navy.mil cheri.burkhardt@nrl.navy.mil NAICS: 541712 The Naval Research Laboratory intends to negotiate a contract on the basis of other than Full and Open Competition 1AW10 USC2304(c)(1) - only one responsible source. The source is MDA Information Systems, Inc., 1250 Lincoln Ave. Suite 100, Pasadena, CA 91103 who is to build a second robotic arm that will be totally identical and interoperable with the existing arm built by MDA. MDA has proprietary restrictions on various elements of the existing arm that they built under the currentcontract. One of the main proprietary areas is the electronics that has been developed by MDA. Other business opportunities for NRL are available at our website http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/rfplist.htm

CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=704eb00e0d13eb9f94c7a07b1e824dd9&tab=core&_cview=0

Posted 05/16/12 (W-SN02749503). (0137)