Special Notice NAICS 513210

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, AN INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. FURTHER, IT DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF DATA OR ANY OTHER COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The NTSB intends to award a sole source contract to APS Aerospace Corp to purchase the Memory Access Retrieval System (MARS). The NTSB is mandated by federal law (49 USC 1116, 1131) to investigate and establish the facts, circumstances, and causes of all civil aviation accidents and serious incidents in the U.S., as well as defined accidents in other transportation modes. The NTSB’s Vehicle Recorder Division (RE-40) requires the capability to download data from a variety of vehicle recording devices, including Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVRs) and Flight Data Recorders (FDRs) to determine findings, recommendations, and the probable cause of an accident. APS’s MARS system is a third-party system that complements manufacturer-provided tools that the NTSB already owns and uses on a regular basis. A non-manufacturer tool is important to provide the NTSB redundancy in case manufacturer tools fail, giving the agency a...

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