ACV Multi-Year Contracting Workshop

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

Synopsis:

This is a notice of intent to sole source contract pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b)(1): For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), 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. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This synopsis is for informational purposes only.

Program Executive Officer Land Systems (PEO LS), Marine Corps, Quantico, VA 22134 intends to enter into sole source negotiations and subsequently award a Firm Fixed Price purchase order to the University of North Carolina (UNC), 130 DuBose Home Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, (Cage Code 1SGW3), for the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School to provide Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) Program Deep Dive training for Program Manager (PM) Advanced Amphibious Assault (AAA) / Product Manager (PdM) ACV program team. This effort is estimated for award in the fourth quarter of Fiscal year 2019 with an anticipated period of performance of Sep 2019 to Oct 2019.

UNC shall host one (1) four (4) day session before 1 Nov 2019. UNC will provide an overview of the Defense Industry, and perform a tailored deep dive analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, and motivations of relevant industry partners. This information will be leveraged to assist the Government's negotiating team in analyzing industry behaviors, understanding their business and financial motivations, and leveraging these results to balance profit and fee negotiation positions with long term program costs. The strategy will provide the Government team knowledge, skills, and background to establish and refine negotiation strategies specific to the ACV multiyear contract. The strategy will also specifically identify and support many of the cost reduction objectives identified and discussed with ASN (RDA).

This requirement is an outgrowth of the ASN (RDA) sponsored Executive Development Program, "Understanding the Government-Industry Relationship in Acquisition" provided by the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School to Government employees. During these executive development sessions, the ACV program has been used as an example program on numerous occasions, during which time the UNC faculty invested considerable time developing a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of the ACV contract and program objectives. The University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School is uniquely qualified to provide the ACV negotiation team the necessary training for the multiyear procurement as they alone have the requisite program knowledge and deep understanding of the program objectives.

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. Unless stated herein, no additional information is available. Responsible interested parties may submit a capability statement in which they identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement if received within seven calendar days after the date of the publication of this synopsis. The Government will consider all information received by this response date. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses received as a result of this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All submissions become Government (USG) property and will not be returned. Contractors are advised the USG will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice of intent. The North American Industry Classification System code is 611310, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.

GENERAL INFORMATION: The information provided herein is subject to change and is not binding on the USG. The USG has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed and should not be construed as a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought.

All responses to this notice shall be submitted to Ms. Shari Chandler at shari.chandler@usmc.mil and Ms. Alicia Sims at alicia.sims@usmc.mil. Please reference the announcement number on all correspondence. Telephone calls will not be honored.

Primary Point of Contact:

Shari Chandler

Contract Specialist

Shari.chandler@usmc.mil

Secondary Point of Contact:

Alicia M. Sims

Contracting Officer

Alicia.sims@usmc.mil

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