FY12 Shadow Engineering Services Requirement

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The Army Contracting Command-Redstone has a FY12 Engineering Services (ES) contract that will provide for the conduct of studies, test support, performance and/or capability improvements, and related activities required to support program management, systems engineering, hardware engineering, software engineering, and fabrication and testing of modifications which the Government required for added functionality and/or utility to the Shadow 200 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The total estimated hours of the contract is 235,600. The contract period of performance is approximately three years after award (dependent on task to be performed and availability of applicable appropriation). An estimated break-out is shown below by type of funds and hours:

Type of Funds Hours
Procurement 61,400
RDT&E 121,850
OMA 52,350
Total ES Hours 235,600

A total of 235,600 hours is estimated for this effort. To allow the Government maximum flexibility in the management of this contract, it is anticipated that the hours will be used as needed by the task requirements and may be higher or lower in a certain funding category.

Authority Cited: The statutory authority is 10 United States Code (USC) 2304(c) (1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a) (2) (iii) "Only one responsible source or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.:

Reason for Authority Cited: The proposed acquisition of this effort is directly related to the ongoing and future work being performed by the Shadow prime contractor, AAI Corporation, York Road and Industry Lane, Hunt Valley, MD 21030, CAGE CODE 97384, and must be restricted to this company. However, firms that recognize and can produce the required items described above are encouraged to identify themselves. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered. Nonetheless, this requirement is anticipated to be sole source to AAI Corporation.