Notice of Intent to Award a Sole-Source Contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to L-3 National Security Solutions, Inc., 11955 Freedom Drive, Suite 12000, Reston, VA 20190-5687 (L-3) for an effort entitled "Nuclear Test Personnel Review." The statutory authority for this non-competitive action is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1).

L-3 is the only responsible source capable of providing this service without unacceptable interruption and degradation of service resulting in a significant backlog in pending cases, a probable increase in veteran verification and dose assessment errors, and an unacceptable delay in awarding compensation and providing medical care to elderly and sick atomic veterans and their dependents/survivors.

The scope of this work requires the contractor to perform veteran participation verification, dose assessment, information management, veteran assistance/outreach, support independent scientific studies concerning the health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation, and program management tasks.

This notice of contract action is not a request for competitive proposals; no formal solicitation will be issued as a result of this announcement. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. A determination to proceed with this effort on a sole source basis based upon capability statements received and evaluated in response to this announcement is solely within the discretion of the Government.