SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Very High Frequency Extended Range Network
- Notice Date
- 3/4/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AAQ-320 WA - FAA Headquarters (Washington, DC)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 15910
- Response Due
- 3/11/2014
- Archive Date
- 3/11/2014
- Point of Contact
- Benette Chen, benette.chen@faa.gov, Phone: 202-267-8420
- E-Mail Address
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Click here to email Benette Chen
(benette.chen@faa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Introduction/Statement of Intent The FAA intends to award a single source contract extension to ARINC Incorporated located at 2551 Riva Road, Annapolis, MD 21401. 2. Description of Supplies/Services The service is Very High Frequency (VHF) extended range air to ground radio voice communication services to meet requirements for air traffic control from ZHU Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) over portions of the Gulf of Mexico. 3. Total Estimated Value and Period of Performance The total estimated value of the planned single source contract extension inclusive of all options is $4,000,000.00. The period of performance has been extended by adding the option periods to cover 4/1/2014 through 3/31/2019. 4. Authority The FAA ™s authority for entering into this contract extension on a single-source basis is the FAA ™s Acquisition Management System (AMS) Section T3.2.2.4 “ Single Source. 5. Reasons for Single Source The rationale for the single source consists of the following: (1) The FAA and air traffic control services must have continuity of service because of the extreme importance of continuity of reliable and available service meeting the requirements for air traffic control communications over the Gulf of Mexico. (2) No other contractor currently has the capability to provide the services that ARINC provides the FAA from the Key West and Cancun sites. ARINC has proprietary rights to the high power (500W) linear amplifier used at its facilities. (3) There were no responses to the FAA market survey issued in September 2013. 6. Questions A competitive solicitation is not available for this procurement. If you have any questions about this announcement, please send an email to Benette Chen at benette.chen@faa.gov by 3/11/2014, 5pm EST. If you're viewing this announcement from a source other than Federal Aviation Administration Contract Opportunities (FAACO), visit https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/announcement/view/15910 to view the original announcement.
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