Contracts Group, Bldg 588, Mail Stop 32, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5304

R -- TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR NAWCAD 4.10 SOL N00421-97-R-1324 POC Bill Jones, Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1825 x153 -- fax (301) 342-1847 or 1846 The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD plans to acquire on a sole source Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) basis a contract with Bionetics Corporation, Ketron Division, which continue the provision of studies, analysis and application of ADP systems which promote Affordable Readiness of systems and facilities in support of the Force Warfare Analysis and Modeling and Simulation Division of the Concepts, Analysis, Evaluation and Planning Department (4.10) at NAWCAD, Patuxent River, MD The purpose of this Sole Source contract is to provide the capacity needed to maintain current contract initiatives; provide flexibility for anticipated additional support requirements during the NAVAIR TEAM transition/competency alignment period and to provide sufficient additional capacity to allow the continuation of services from Ketron through the end of the originally intended period of performance. The bridge contract resulting from this solicitation N00421-97-R-1324 will sustain analytical efforts from July 1997 to July 1998 until solicitation N00421-97-R-1253 for the follow on contract can be competitively awarded. The requested level of is estimated at 54,600 labor hours. This acquisition will be negotiated on a sole source basis with Bionetics Corporation, Ketron Division, Great Valley Corporate Center, 350 Technology Drive, Malvern, PA 19355 under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 (Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirement. The Bionetics Corporation Ketron Division is the only practical source for providing the necessary continuation of technical services to NAWCAD 4.10 without a break in the support effort that Ketron is currently providing to NAWCAD 4.10 under the current contract, N62669-93-C-0414. The Government's minimum need for the continuation of effort can only be accomplished reasonably and without impairing continued support through the award of this bridge contract. Only Ketron has the library of software and technical documents, and thekey personnel necessary to continue the support services currently being performed. It is not possible for any other potential source to become familiar enough with the taskings to sustain this workload without a break in services. Failure to award this contract will seriously restrict 4.10's ability to respond to our sponsors' needs during the recompetition. These are continuing tasks and are time sensitive. There are no other sources capable of providing the uninterrupted support. See Numbered Note 22 (0184)

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