Intent to Sole Source Maintenance and technical support

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. Reference#: N00244-21-Q-0215. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center San Diego (FLCSD) intends to award a firm fixed price contract under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), only one source being available to meet the Government’s needs, to:

University of Alaska Fairbanks

903 Koyukuk Dr.

Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-0001

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 811213; the business size standard is 12.0 (Millions of dollars).

The objective of this sole source award is to allow the Naval Postgraduate School to continue their research efforts utilizing the government-owned parabolic antennas currently being hosted and maintained at the Alaska Site facility.

Removing the antennas and outsourcing the hosting maintenance would cause a substantial duplication of costs to the Government and unacceptable delays to ongoing research efforts.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes management and technical data and pricing information, in sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to provide the maintenance and technical support services. Capability statements shall not exceed 6 (8.5 x 11 inch) pages using a font size no smaller than 10-point. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government.

A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source purchase order.

Capability statements are due by 8:00 AM PST, August 5, 2021. Capability statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment with the above reference # as the subject line, to the following address:

Tiffaie.l.sutgrey.civ@us.navy.mil

NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED