Lifetime Buy (LTB) - Xeon D-1559 processor

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), PMA-265 (Program Office for F/A-18 & EA-18G Aircraft), intends to solicit Lockheed Martin for a contract modification to execute Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Review Board (DMSRB) Case I033 for a life-of-type buy for an anticipated quantity of 950 Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) re-balled Intel Xeon D-1559 (P/N 41040282-LMC-7672-67) to for use on the X-ES XPedite7672-67 3U VPX Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) card supporting the IRST Block II Processor Weapons Replacement Assembly (WRA). The intel processor Integrated Circuit (IC) is obsolete; therefore, a life-of-type buy is required to mitigate production and sustainment risk. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible small and or other than small business firms capable of providing the supplies/services described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a Request for Proposal. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this sources sought. Any contract actions that the Government may intend to procure in the future will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE) as applicable in accordance with FAR 5.101. SUBMISSION DETAILS Responsible parties may identify their interest by responding to the requirement with a capability statement (no longer than 10 pages in length). No phone