Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement: Virtual Clearance Training Suite (VCTS) Army Central (ARCENT)-Kuwait

Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement

Title:  Virtual Clearance Training Suite (VCTS) Army Central (ARCENT)-Kuwait

Classification Code:  6920-Armament Training Devices

NAICS Code:  333318

Brief Summary:  Market Research is being conducted to verify that no other sources can meet the requirement for the procurement of a Virtual Clearance Training Suite (VCTS) for the Army Central (ARCENT) - Kuwait. Interested sources are invited to submit their capabilities statement by the closing date of this notice to the Points of Contact (POC) listed below. Responses shall provide a description of the offeror's ability to meet the VCTS-ARCENT effort description, acquisition approach, and delivery schedule, together with a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate for the requirement on a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) basis.

Acquisition Description:  The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), Project Manager for Virtual Training Systems (PM VTS) has a requirement for the design, development, production, integration, testing, management, documentation, delivery, and installation of a VCTS, in support of ARCENT-Kuwait, in accordance with the attached Statement of Work and System Requirements Document.

FAAC Incorporated has been the sole source, prime contractor for the VCTS program, competitively award on 6 May 2011, and for all subsequent upgrades and improvements to the VCTS and its derivatives. The Government intends to issue a sole source Firm Fixed Price contract to FAAC. This action will be executed on a sole source basis In Accordance With (IAW) 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(A), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements where (A) substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. Award is expected during FY20 for the procurement and delivery of one each VCTS to ARCENT- Kuwait.

The VCTS is part of the Live-Virtual-Constructive training strategy. The VCTS shall assist in the training of clearance company vehicle crews and shall include the capabilities of any program of record appended subsystem associated with the vehicles during institutional and unit sustainment training. The VCTS shall also assist in the training of individual and/or collective tasks up to the platoon level. The VCTS shall enable training in critical operator or crew tasks that can be repetitively trained in a simulator.

Acquisition Approach:  The Government anticipates this requirement will be fulfilled via a FFP contract to FAAC Incorporated, executed on a sole source basis IAW 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(A), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements where (A) substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition

Responses Requested:  Contractors desiring to be considered for this opportunity are requested to respond by the closing date above to the Contract Specialist listed below. Interested Sources are requested to provide a capabilities statement limited to ten (10) pages which includes:

• Company background
• Business size
• Relevant performance and technology experience
• Applicable technology capabilities
• Delivery schedule
• Associated program risks
• Rough order of magnitude

Notice:  This notice is provided to verify that no other source other than FAAC can meet this requirement due to the significant duplicate cost of either reverse engineering proprietary IGs or replacing all of the system IGs, not being recouped through competition.
 
Disclaimer:  This notice does not constitute an invitation for bids or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not a commitment by the U.S. Government to procure subject products.
 
Contracts POCs:
Nicholas J. Mueller, Contract Specialist
Army Contracting Command-Orlando
Office:  407-384-5532
Email:  Nicholas.J.Mueller7.civ@mail.mil
 
Helen G. Simpson, Contract Specialist
Army Contracting Command-Orlando
Office:  407-208-3231
Email:  Helen.G.Simpson2.civ@army.mil
 
Technical POC:

Kien Le, Lead Systems Engineer

Mobility - VCTS

PEO STRI PdM Virtual Training Systems

Office:  407 380 4816

Cell:  407 725 9543

Email:  Kien.Le.civ@mail.mil

Attachments:

Statement of Work

System Requirements Document