Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source to Boston Cybernetics Institute

The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific)

hereby publicizes its intention to solicit, negotiate, and award a Commercial Firm-Fixed-

Price FAR 13 purchase order on a non-competitive basis with Boston Cybernetics

Institute. The requirement is for the purchase of the following:

ITEM 0001:

CNO Developer Training – Linux Part 1

• Part IA Beginner (3 weeks)

• Part IB Advanced (3 weeks)

The above service is for Cyber Network Operations (CNO) Development. CNO is a broad

military computing concept that encompasses the development of tools, processes and

methodologies to utilize, optimize and gain strategic advantages from computer

networks. This service will be broken into two comprehensive 3-week programs. The first

3-week training will consist of CNO Development, Linux User Development and Software

Analysis. The second 3-week training will consist of Linux Internals, Vulnerability Analysis

and Exploitation/Unorthodox Assembly Programming.

A determination by the government not to compete based upon responses to this notice

is solely at the discretion of the government. However, all responsible sources may

submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The

applicable NAICS Code is 611430 and the business size standard is $12,000,000.

The point of contact for this announcement is James Davenport at

james.davenport4@navy.mil

Be advised that the aforementioned information is anticipatory in nature and is not

binding. A copy of the Request for Quote will be made available upon request. Any

comments, questions or concerns regarding this notice must be submitted via e-mail to

james.davenport4@navy.mil by 4/14/2020 at 1300 PST. Questions by phone or fax will

not be considered.