Notice of Intent to Award to a Sole Source

The Coast Guard Command, Control, Communications, and Information Technology Service Center (C4IT SC) Procurement and Contracting Organization, in support of the Engineering Center/Electronic Repair Facility (C3CEN/ERF), intends to award a sole source, fixed-priced contract with small business proprietor Mark F. Wade. The period of performance will include a base period of 14 consecutive days before July 31, 2019 and two option periods of 7 consecutive days each to take place any time between August 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019.

The contract will provide consulting & training services for the government electronics technician(s) at the ERF to develop and support Automated Test Equipment (ATE) using the National Instruments PXI system. Services will include guidance in the practices, methodologies, and the processes necessary for understanding of Test Program Software established for Polar Star. The service will provide specific associated repair items to include: 378' class MPCS circuit cards, 110' class Alarm and Console control circuit cards, 399' Polar class Propulsion Control circuit cards, 210' class Syllabic Rate Squelch System circuit cards and SINS systems. Please see attachments for further detail.

The purpose of the contract, if executed, will be to ensure the continuity of mission critical propulsion units of the U.S. Coast Guard polar ice breakers.

The C4IT SC Procurement and Contracting Organization intends to negotiate this contract on a sole source basis with Mark F. Wade, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A COMPETITIVE QUOTE. Any response to this notice must be submitted in writing to the Government and show clear and convincing evidence that another source is capable of meeting the Government's requirements and that competition of the requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If no written responses are received within five (5) days after the publication of this response, the consulting services will be awarded without further notice.

Questions and comments pertaining to this procurement shall be emailed to Becky.M.Edgar@uscg.mil and Cora.B.Good@uscg.mil.

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