Intent to Single Source.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT

The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (772 ESS/PKD) intends to award a Single Source Purchase Order to Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation (ESCO), 2550 Market ST, Aston, Pennsylvania 19014-3426, for Mobile Aircraft Arresting System (MAAS)/BAK-12 re-design recommendations. ESCO is the original manufacturer of the BAK-12 aircraft arresting system and is the only company that can provide design recommendations on their proprietary design.

772 ESS will utilize Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

The authority for soliciting a single source under simplified acquisition procedures is FAR 13.106- 1(b)(1)(i), Soliciting Competition, which states that contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization).

The proposed contract action is Single Source only.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for quotation. No solicitation or RFQ will be forthcoming.

Interested parties may identify their interest, request a copy of the RFQ, and may submit a quote by 1:00 PM C.S.T, 14 March 2021, which shall be considered by the Government. Requests and quotes shall be sent via email to anthony.rogiano.1@us.af.mil & flavio.ely.1@us.af.mil.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract is entirely at the discretion of the Government.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by the closed date specified herein will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.