Backscatter Wi-Fi

Added: Jan 31, 2017 11:40 am NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (NASA/AFRC) intends to solicit and award a sole source contract under the authority FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) "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" to Jeeva Wireless Inc., 3000 Mason Rd. Seattle, WA, for Backscatter passive Wi-Fi UW Box 352141.
Justification is based upon the following facts: 1. Jeeva Wireless Inc. developed and owns the exclusive proprietary software code for this product and is the only vendor qualified to provide the software/hardware and technical support. 2. There are no other products available that perform the same function as the Jeeva Wireless passive Wi-Fi. In addition, time constraints and extensive costs for the replacement of this software would jeopardize mission schedules. 3. Market research was conducted and it has been determined that this is a sole source requirement. These reasons justify procuring the required services exclusively from Jeeva Wireless, Inc.
The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.
This procurement is a total small business set-aside.
The NAICS Code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 541712 and 1,000 employees respectively.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 2:00 p.m. local time on February 07, 2017. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government.

Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit a response which shall be considered by the agency. Submittals should be made in writing to NASA/AFRC, P.O. Box 273, Mailstop 4811/140, Edwards, CA 93523 or via email to tiffany.n.goodwin@nasa.gov.

NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/p ub_library/Omb.html.