Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for Afghanistan Automated Biometric Identification System and the Associated Services

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), in support of the Program Executive Office (PEO) Command, Control, Communications, Computers and

Intelligence

(C4I), International C4I Integration Program Office (PMW 740), intends to award

a sole-

source hybrid Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)/Cost Reimbursable contract to Ideal

Innovations, Inc. (I3) (Cage: 1J5W3), 950 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA

22203, for

maintenance, operations, and sustainment support services for the Afghanistan

Automated Biometric Identification System (AABIS) in support of the Afghanistan

Biometrics Program in Afghanistan. The incumbent Contractor, I3, has propriety

knowledge and rights to the software codification of the equipment, which are

AABIS

baselines that are key requirements and critical systems and subsystems that

make up

the biometrics program. No other firm is capable of meeting the requirement

without

substantial duplication of costs that is not expected to be recovered though

full and open

competition given the estimated cost of this effort, as well as causing

significant

disruptions to the maintenance, operations, and sustainment efforts of the

Afghanistan

Biometrics Program.

The Government intends to award this CPFF/Cost sole source effort to I3 under

the

authority of FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source. The proposed contract

will

have a period of performance (PoP) of one (1) base year plus four (4) option

years. The

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is

541512.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR A

SOLICITATION OF OFFERS. A solicitation will not be posted. Any responsible

sources may

submit a capability statement that demonstrates that they can satisfy the

Government's

requirement which shall be considered by the agency. A determination by the

Government to not compete the anticipated contract based on responses to this

notice is

solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses to this notice should

be

directed to Vanessa Ochomogo at vanessa.ochomogo@navy.mil and Kristin White at

kristin.white@navy.mil with the subject "N0003918R0075." This notice is also

posted on

the SPAWAR e-Commerce website at: https://e-commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil.