Environmental Characterization for Test Operations

This is a Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by FAR Part 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The United States Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command - Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Priced (FFP) contract to Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway Reno, Nevada 89512-1095, to provide Environment Characterization for Test Operations for Army Training Ranges.

The intent of this award is to procure and deliver expertise in geological, soil science, natural environment characterization, and terrain analysis for U.S. Army Test Centers. Contract requires doctorate level educational qualifications and technical work experience related to the characterization of environments and soils from extreme natural environments (desert, artic, and tropic regions), emerging technologies in explosive device detection sensor technologies, and sensor and software development for characterizing a visually degraded environment.

DRI holds proprietary information and equipment that are established for the requirement that entail a soil database that is adequate for analogous purposes, that contains landform soil data from all continents, all near-peer threat regions, and current contingency operations locations around the world. YPG requires a unique service capability that is for several highly specialized areas in the field of soil and environmental science, as it relates to the application for use at U.S. Army Test Centers

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. In order to protect proprietary information and prevent the unintentional releasing of guarded information all interested firms must conduct their own research regarding the specifications of the above listed requirement. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If you feel that your firm possesses the ability to provide these requirements, then you must respond by demonstrating your firm’s technical capability to meet these requirements by 26 September 2023  8:00 AM Mountain Standard Time (MST). All inquiries shall be clearly marked with Solicitation Number W9124R-23-R-0016 and e-mailed to the Point of Contact (POC) for this posting.