Sole_Source_Notice.doc

Sole Source Notice: 17-R-SS06 Description: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) intends to issue a sole source, single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, on or about March 01, 2017 to the Nevada Automotive Test Center (NATC). The ordering period will be sixty (60) months with an anticipated ceiling value not to exceed $9,500,000.00, in which funding will be obligated at the task order level.

Under the Base IDIQ contract, NATC will support ONR Code 30 by providing a broad range of technical and programmatic support applicable to increasing the mobility and maneuverability of the US Marine Corps ground and amphibious fleet across extreme mission profiles by conducting the following:

1. Off-road terrain modeling and simulation;

2. Terrain assessment and characterization;

3. Advanced mobility technologies and platform design;

4. Vetronics and electrical architecture;

5. Platform to soil and water interface;

6. Fabrication of sub and full scale military systems;

7. Test, evaluation and demonstration of hardware and software in military representative operational environments;

8. Test and evaluation of one-off systems to assess and validate new technologies and associated system performance.

ONR intends to award this requirement as a sole source award to Nevada Automotive Test Center (NATC) because NATC has a unique capability that lies in its staff, courses and facilities that can be used for the development and/or improvement of US Marine Corps (USMC) ground and amphibious platforms by providing a test environment and test ranges reflecting the more severe operational environment experienced by USMC expeditionary forces. Testing in that severe environment is important in supporting USMC’s ability to replicate the specific mission profiles for which the operational performance requirements of the Marine Corps ground and amphibious vehicle systems are designed. NATC is the only known source that can provide the required Marine Corps mission profile test environment accompanied with a vast knowledge of off-road ground vehicle systems.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and Size Standard for this requirement is 541712 – Size Standards in number of employees 1000.

This notice is not a request for proposals or quotes. However, all responsible sources may submit a quotation and summary of technical capabilities, which, if received within fifteen calendar days of publication of this notice, shall be considered by ONR. All responses must be submitted to the Government point of contact at the email address shown below. Any responses to this notice must clearly show that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Contracting Office Address:

Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR) Code – ONR 254 875 North Randolph Street, Arlington, VA 22203-1995.

Government Point of Contact:

Megan Gavarkavich, Contract Specialist

703-696-4559, Email: megan.gavarkavich@navy.mil.