SPECIAL NOTICE
52 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334515
— Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Adelphi, ATTN: AMSRD-ACC, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1197
- ZIP Code
- 20783-1197
- Solicitation Number
- W911QX13T0235
- Archive Date
- 12/4/2013
- Point of Contact
- Briann Richardson, 407-384-3610
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Adelphi
(briann.richardson@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent to issue a sole-source procurement action to Optimal Ranging, Inc, 402 Bella Vista Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032-5421 on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.202-1, Only One Responsible Source and no Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy the Requirement. The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Acoustic and Electro-Magnetic (EM) Sensing Branch has a proposed procurement for two (2) custom upgrades of the Spar 300 to allow additional capabilities for a configurable, real-time Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based measurement and processing system, for use in a wide variety of air and ground-based electric and magnetic-field sensing deployments contained in a rugged mil-spec package. The proposed procurement is also for two (2) new Artemis 8-channel kits with Real Time Kinematic positioning with all additional capabilities of the upgraded Spar 300s. The additional units will allow a fully wireless, synchronized distributed FPGA-based processing system and Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled position/orientation awareness.. This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice; a written solicitation will not be issued. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to perform by responding to this notice by the specified closing date. This notice of intent is not a request for quotes; however the Government will consider all quotes received by the closing date specified in this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial. The offeror must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items. 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. 252.212-7001 Contract Terms and Conditions Required Implementing Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items. 52.006-4400 Intent to Solicit Only One Source The Government will award a contract resulting from this notice to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following two (2) factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical capability and (2) Price. Award will be made to the lowest price technically acceptable offer. In accordance with FAR 5.207, all responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. All submissions and any questions regarding this request must be submitted VIA EMAIL to: briann.l.richardson.civ@mail.mil. Due to the urgency of this requirement, any submissions must be made by 5:00PM ET, Wednesday, 11 September 2013.
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