Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source Contract- Onboard Stability Software (CARGOMAX) Upgrade

This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.101 requiring the dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. The statutory authority for this sole-source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as prescribed by FAR 6.302-1.

The United States Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) intends to issue a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to Herbert-ABS Software Solutions, LLC. for engineering analysis, any necessary engineering drafting, software development, and coordination with American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) in order to revise the Trim and Stability Booklets and upgrade the Onboard Stability Software (CARGOMAX). The Contractor may be required to analyze ships drawings, ships curves of form and tables of offsets, tank capacity tables, sounding/ullage data, other ship geometry data, hydrostatic data and other correspondence in order to update/ revise the Trim and Stability Books and the Onboard Stability Software (CARGOMAX).

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement demonstrating the ability to provide the requested items or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government if received by Tuesday, 29 January 2013 at 5:00 p.m., local time, Washington D.C. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bonafide capability to fulfill the requirement. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. MSC will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis. Please email Stefani Nick at Stefani.Nick@navy.mil with responses or questions regarding this requirement. This notice will close on 29 January 2013 at 5:00 p.m., local time, Washington D.C.

Applicable NAICS: 541330

Services are being procured by:
Military Sealift Command, Washington, DC
Contracting, N10
914 Charles Morris CT SE
Building 157
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20398-5540

Anticipated Award Date: On or about 1 March 2013