Intent to sole source - Secondary Crash Net
Cancelled Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA446025Q0400
- Agency
-
Air Mobility Command
Air Force, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas 72099, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The 19th Contracting Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas has issued a Special Notice announcing their intent to award a sole-source contract to Forum Communications Systems Inc. for a Secondary Crash Net system. This notice falls under the Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command and is classified under NAICS code 334290 for Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing. The procurement is being conducted under FAR 6.302-1, which allows for sole-source contracting when only one responsible source exists. After conducting market research, the Air Force determined that Forum Communications Systems Inc. is the only company capable of providing the specialized product that meets their requirements. The notice explicitly states that this is not a request for competitive offers and no solicitation will be issued based on responses to this posting.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to provide transparency about the intended sole-source award while allowing other potential contractors the opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities if they believe they can meet the stringent requirements. Interested parties must submit written responses by September 4, 2025, at 2:00 PM CST, with oral communications explicitly prohibited. Any responding contractor must provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would benefit the government and demonstrate their ability to fulfill all characteristics outlined in the attached salient characteristics document. The technical requirements include specialized telephone system capabilities such as additional monitoring extensions, system independence, dedicated VLAN operation, visual activation features, and mandatory noise reduction capabilities. Only contractors capable of meeting all specified characteristics while showing competitive advantage to the government will be considered, with the award proceeding without further notice if no qualifying responses are received.
Notice text
Notice of Intent to Sole-Source: The 19th Contracting Squadron (CONS) – Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas intends to award on a sole-source basis a contract to FORUM COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INC. for Secondary Crash Net. After conducting market research it was found this company is the only one that can provide the needed product, this procurement falls under FAR 6.302-1. FORUM COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INC. are the only source capable of fulfill the specifications of this requirement.
Please see the attached Forum Communications - Approval Memo and Salient Characteristics - Crash Net for additional information.
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE OFFERS and a solicitation will not be issued based on the responses from this post. All responsible sources may submit a quote which may be considered. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. The responder must be capable of fulfilling ALL charachteristics outlined in the Salient Characteristics and Memo Document. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. If no affirmative written response is received, the award will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 4 SEP 2025 by 2:00 PM CST at 19 CONS, Little Rock AFB to A1C Emmanuel Okindo, email at Emmanuel.okindo.1@us.af.mil, SrA darius.roscoe@us.af.mil, and CC GS-12 Stephen Alexander at stephen.alexander.10@us.af.mil.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Salient Characteristics - Crash Net.pdf | ||
| Forum Communications - Approval Memo.pdf |
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