SPECIAL NOTICE
W -- Digital Mailing System
- Notice Date
- 9/19/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333318
— Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), ATTN: SDAQ, 1 Soldier Way, Scott AFB, IL 62225
- ZIP Code
- 62225
- Solicitation Number
- W81GYE12F0008
- Archive Date
- 12/18/2013
- Point of Contact
- Angela Brown, 910-457-8205
- E-Mail Address
-
Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)
(angela.brown10.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXERCISE THE OPTION UNDER FAR CLAUSE 52.217-8, OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES. The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) Acquisition Center on behalf of the SDDC 596th Transportation Brigade, Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, Southport, NC intends to award a logical follow-on in the interest of economy and efficiency to an original order placed against the Digital Mailing System firm fixed price contract pursuant to FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. The current contract is scheduled to expire 30 September 2013. The Contract will be extended for six (6) months for the period beginning 1 October 2013 through 31 March 2014 to allow sufficient time to solicit a follow-on requirement. This extension will provide for continuation of un-interrupted services to the 596th Transportation Brigade. The current contract with Pitney Bowes which provides for use of a leased Digital Mailing System for daily mailroom operations at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point. A sole source modification is consistent with the terms identified within this announcement upon the basis of the authority provided in 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)and implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This notice is being posted because the option, under FAR 52.217-8, was not previously evaluated as part of initial award. This optional provision will be at the current rates specified within the current contract period, as allowed by FAR 52.217-8, and will extend performance. This option exercise will further allow for solicitation, evaluation, and award of a competitive follow-on procurement. The incumbent contractor is the only responsible offeror for this option as the Government would experience unacceptable delays in fulfilling agency requirements if this optional provision is not executed before the current contract expiration date of 30 September 2013. The NAICS code for this requirement is 333318 with a size standard of 1,000 employees. This notice is not a request for proposals. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained. However, the Government will consider responses from all responsible sources received with 15 days of this posting. Written responses must include sufficient information to establish capability to fulfill the requirement in the timeframe required. Written comments or questions regarding this notice must be emailed to the attention of Angela Brown at Angela.Brown10.civ@mail.mil. All information received from this notice shall be used for planning and market research purposes only. The determination to refrain from competing this proposed contract action based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not pay for the preparation of any information submitted or use of such information. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of the evaluation of the information received.
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