NOTICE OF INTENT Merlin Bird Radar with drone detection.pdf

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NOTICE OF INTENT Merlin Bird Radar with drone detection
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This is a Sole Source Notice of Intent issued by the 502d Contracting Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The contracting office intends to award a firm-fixed-price sole source contract to DeTect Inc. for service and maintenance of the MERLIN JNAT Bird and Drone Detection Radar System (CLIN 0001). The requirement is to maintain the MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar with drone detection capability to ensure continuous scanning of both runways at JBSA-Randolph and a five-mile radius around the base. The procurement will be executed under FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Services) and simplified acquisition procedures authority.

Interested parties may submit narratives describing their capabilities and qualifications via email to ying.yang@us.af.mil with a copy to lorenzo.martinez.8@us.af.mil no later than February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time. This notice is not a request for proposal or quote, and submitted costs will not be reimbursed by the Government. The Government will evaluate responses solely to determine whether to conduct the procurement competitively, with final discretion resting with the Government to either proceed with the sole source award to DeTect Inc. or open the requirement to competition. Additional details are available in the attached Performance Work Statement and redacted Sole Source Justification.

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SOLE SOURCE/NOTICE OF INTENT

The 502d Contracting Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, TX 78150, intends to solicit and award a sole source firm-fixed-price contract to DeTect Inc. The action will be executed in accordance with Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2302b, Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901). See attached Performance Work Statement and redacted Sole Source Justification for additional details.

The requirement is to provide the following: CLIN 0001 Provide service and maintenance for MERLIN JNAT Bird and Drone Detection Radar System.

The 12 FTW/SE requires the purchase of a service contract to maintain the MERLIN™ Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar with drone detection. This will ensure JBSA-Randolph’s currently located mid field to continue scanning both runways and a five-mile radius of the base.

This notice of intent is NOT a request for quote or proposal. However, interested parties may submit a narrative describing their capabilities and qualifications to fulfill the requirement via email to ying.yang@us.af.mil with a copy to lorenzo.martinez.8@us.af.mil no later than 13 Feb 2026 at 2:00PM Central Time. Any costs incurred in submitting a capabilities statement will not be reimbursed by the Government. Additionally, the information received will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition, based upon the responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement Attachment 2 – Redacted Sole Source Justification mailto:ying.yang@us.af.mil mailto:lorenzo.martinez.8@us.af.mil

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