FA9101-20-Q-0041- Notice of Intent to Sole Source.docx

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

The Air Force Test Center (AFTC), Arnold Air Force Base, TN has concluded their market research and intends to solicit, negotiate, and award a sole source firm-fixed price (FFP) purchase order under FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, to Parallel Geometric Algorithms, LLC, 814 S. Mary Ave. The proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541511, with a small business size standard of $30.0M.

The period of performance (PoP) for this contract is projected to be three years with one base year and two option years. The primary scope of this effort is to support the Computational Research and Engineering Acquisition Tools and Environments Air Vehicle program (CREATE-AV) for continued research, design, development and software test support in the areas of domain connectivity, strand solver algorithms, and Common Scalable Infrastructure enhancements.

The anticipated award date is 26 October 2020. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals or quotes. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Although the Government intends to solicit and award a sole source purchase order under the authority of FAR 13.501 in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, a bid, proposal, or quotation which will be considered by the Government if received no later than 23 October 2020 at 12:00pm CST. All information shall be submitted electronically to the following:

Contracting Officer: Greg Jones, greggory.jones.4@us.af.mil