FEDBIZOPS_Notice_of_Intent_Sole_Source.pdf

Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract

X-ray Simulators for Test and evaluation of Nuclear Survivability (XSTENS General Information

Document Type: Special Notice Solicitation Number: HDTRA119R0017 Posted Date: 6/26/2019 Original Response Date: 7/10/2019 Current Response Date: 7/10/2019 Original Archive Date: Automatic, 15 days after response date Current Archive Date: Automatic, on specified date Classification Code: A – Research & Development Set Aside: N/A NAICS Code: 541– Professional, Scientific, and Technical

Services/54171 – All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Contracting Office Address

Defense Threat Reduction Agency, ATTN: AL-ACR, 8725 John J. Kingman, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201

Description

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to L-3 Applied Technologies, Inc., 2700 Merced Street, San Leandro, CA 94577 (L-3) for an effort entitled “X-ray Simulators for Test and Evaluation of Nuclear Survivability (XSTENS).” The statutory authority for this non-competitive action is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1).

L-3 is the only responsible source capable of providing this service without unacceptable interruption and degradation of service resulting in a significant backlog in pending cases and a significant increase in Congressional inquiries.

Due to unique XSTENS Program requirements, a new contractor would be required to duplicate L-3’s capabilities, knowledge and expertise,which are not expected to be recovered through competition.

The scope of this work requires the contractor will upgrade of the DTRA-owned Double-EAGLE (DE) and PITHON simulators, and related equipment and diagnostics located at the L-3 Applied Technologies Inc. (L-3) facility in San Leandro, CA. In addition, DTRA requires support for the upgrade of the Gamble II simulator capabilities at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC. This support will require unique scientific, engineering and technical expertise developed over many years of DTRA-sponsored pulsed power Research and Development (R&D). The results of recent Fast Marx technology development for the Short Pulse Gamma simulator will be needed to conduct risk mitigation research and hardware design/development for upgrades on and to the simulators

This notice of contract action is not a request for competitive proposals; no formal solicitation will be issued as a result of this announcement. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. A determination to proceed with this effort on a sole source basis based upon capability statements received and evaluated in response to this announcement is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Point of Contact

Point of Contact – Kari K. Walters, kari.k.walters.civ@mail.mil Contract Specialist, 571-616-4917;

mailto:kari.k.walters.civ@mail.mil