Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for Seychelles Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) and maritime security efforts

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 Firm Fixed Price (FFP)/Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract to

Forward

Slope Inc. (FSI) (Cage: 1KU93 ), 2020 Camino Del Rio N. Ste 400, San Diego, CA

92108,

for the procurement of the Government of Seychelles (GoS) Maritime Domain

Awareness

(MDA) and maritime security efforts. FSI has unique knowledge and experience

with the

existing GOS MDA architecture and the MDA solutions required by the GOS to

complete

this effort. 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.



The Government intends to award this FFP/CPFF sole source effort to FSI under

the

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

performance will be a base period of two (2) 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. Interested parties

may

express their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirements.

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

with the subject "N0003917R0053." This notice is also posted on the SPAWAR e-

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