PURCHASE LATCHS

1. Action Code: N/A
2. Date: AUG 25,  2025
3. Year: 2025     
4. Contracting Office Zip Code: 27909-5001
5. Classification Code: 16 – AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS & ACCESSORIES
6. Product Service Code (PSC) : 1560
7. NAICS Code: 336413
8. Contracting Office Address: USCG, ALC, MRS, Elizabeth City, NC 
9. Subject: Purchase of Latch’s for the HC-144 Aircraft
10. Proposed Solicitation Number: 70Z03825QL0000142
11. Closing Response Date: SEPT 02, 2025
12. Primary Point of Contact: Debra W. Heath  
13. Contract Award and Solicitation Number: To be assigned at time of award / 70Z03825QL0000142
14. Contract Award Dollar Amount: TBD
15. Contract Line Item Numbers: 01
16. Contract Award Date: Estimate: TBD
17. Contractor: TBD
18. Description: Latch’s for the HC-144 Aircraft
19. Place of Contract Performance: TBD
20. Set-aside Status: Unrestricted

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO SOLE SOURCE

This Special Notice constitutes the only solicitation. A written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number 70Z03825QL0000142 is issued as a Special Notice of Intent to Award to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), HARTWELL CORPORATION Cage Code 83014), 900 Richfield RD Placentia, California 92870-6732, for the purchase of twenty-four (24) Latch’s to support the HC-144 Aircraft. Vendors may quote on the following:

           NSN                     Nomenclature                   Part Number                      QTY

1560-01-489-0068                 Latch                              H2738-3                               24

At the time of award, the USCG intends to place an order for the purchase of Twenty-Four (24) item(s).  IAW Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.217-6 the USCG may require Forty (40) additional items for a maximum quantity of Sixty-Four (64) items at the same price as the original order, for up to three hundred and sixty-five (365) days after the initial award date. **Please note that if the USCG chooses to exercise any optional quantity modifications, such modifications will be issued unilaterally to the contractor. 

Incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2025-05 Effective Aug 7, 2025 The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) Code is 336413.  The small business size standard is 1,250 employees.

The following attachments apply to this solicitation:

Attachment A – Terms and Conditions

Attachment B – Redacted Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition

It is anticipated that a Sole Source Purchase Order will be awarded as a result of this notice pending the availability of funds. It is the Government’s belief that HARTWELL CORPORATION only has the required proprietary technical and engineering data to provide the purchase of Sixty-Four (64) Latchs. Concerns having the expertise and required capabilities to provide these parts are invited to submit complete information discussing the same within ten (10) calendar days from this posting. Vendors who do not meet the capability requirement will not be considered. The notice of intent will not be extended or the award delayed for a vendor to submit their data for capability determination or for registration in SAM.gov.

Please note: Only quotations with shipping terms of F.O.B. Destination or F.O.B Origin will be accepted, shipping terms of Ex Works (EXW) will not be accepted.

The closing date for this intent to award notice is SEPT 02, 2025 at 4:00 pm EST. Point of contact for this intent to award notice is debra.w.heath@uscg.mil. Please indicate 70Z03825QL0000142 in the subject line.