AN/ALQ-172 LRU-8 BIT LIMITERS AND DOWN CONVETERS REPAIR

The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the repair data, expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet qualification requirements to repair the following subassemblies:

• Platform: AN/ALQ-172; NSN: 5895-01-267-7728EW; Part Number: 0036002-1; Nomenclature: BIT Limiter
  
  (a.k.a Limiter, Electrical)


• Platform: AN/ALQ-172; NSN: 5895-01-267-7705EW; Part Number: 0498036-1; Nomenclature: Down Converter
  
  (a.k.a Converter, Frequency)

The level of security clearance and amount of foreign participation in this requirement has not been determined.

The RMC/RMSC for each of the listed subassemblies is R4/R. RMC R4 indicates repair, for the first time, directly from the actual manufacturer. RMSC R indicates the Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both needed to contract repair of this part from additional sources. It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part.

The Government does not own or have access to the data for these items. The Government has determined that this system is a military unique item.

Contractor shall furnish all material, support equipment, tools, test equipment, and services. The contractor is responsible for providing, maintaining, and calibrating all support equipment required at their facility or a subcontractor’s facility. Contractor furnished material or parts used for replacement shall equal or exceed the quality of the original material or parts.

The known sole source contractor for this effort is Raytheon Company.

Contractors/Institutions responding to this market research are placed on notice that participation in this survey may not ensure participation in future solicitations or contract awards. The Government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their participation in this survey.

Please refer to Attachment 1 for full RFI details and Attachment 2 for the draft Peformance Work Statement.

AMEND01 - 28 Jan 2026

Incorproated Amend01 to Attachment 1. This amendment incorporates an additional question in section II.B. Question includes list of potential BIT Limiter serial numbers for repair. Included NAICS code and submittal date.