SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Special Notice of Sole Source Award
- Notice Date
- 7/11/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG SCRT - Natick Installation, Directorate of Contracting, Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W81NLC-1161-3001
- Archive Date
- 10/9/2011
- Point of Contact
- Gregory Schroeder, 508-233-6188
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG SCRT - Natick Installation
(gregory.d.schroeder@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Introduction: Pursuant to FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), the U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, on behalf USARIEM, intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis to: CUBIC SIMULATION SYSTEMS, INC., Orlando, FL 32809. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. RESPONSES WILL BE RECEIVED FOR FUTURE REQUIREMENT CONSIDERATION ONLY. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE. 1. Nature and description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs: The purchase of extended warranty and maintenance services related to the EST 2000 equipment and associated products, to include: one 5-Lane EST, one SDS Authorizing Station, six Simulated M4 Carbine Weapons, and one Simulated M9 Weapon. 2. A demonstration that the proposed contractor is the only source available to provide these services or goods (i.e. unique qualifications, proprietary rights, etc.): CUBIC SIMULATION SYSTEMS, INC. is the contractor able to provide the above services. USARIEM owns a Cubic EST 2000 Weapon Engagement Simulator, specially re-engineered by CUBIC SIMULATION SYSTEMS, INC. to our specifications to make the EST2000 suitable for our research applications. It is unique. 3. A description of the market research that was conducted and the results, or a statement of the reason a market research was not conducted: Market research conducted indicated that the unit contains proprietary technology and parts that only CUBIC SIMULATION SYSTEMS, INC. can service and warranty. 4. Any other facts supporting the use of other than full and open competition: As stated above, proprietary rights of CUBIC SIMULATION SYSTEMS, INC. 5. A statement of the actions, if any, the agency may take to remove or overcome any barriers to competition before any subsequent acquisition for the supplies or services required: Continuous monitoring of the industrial base will be performed to take advantage of the competitive forces in the marketplace. 6. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement to the U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division via e-mail to: gregory.d.schroeder@us.army.mil no later than COB 15 July 2011. Contracting Office Address: RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick CCRD-NA-SU, Natick Contracting Division Kansas Street, Building 1 Natick, MA 01760-5011
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