Notice of Intent to Sole Source

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE - THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY/APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (JHU/APL) TO ASSIST THE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER WITH MISSION CRITICAL SUPPORT.

WHS Acquisition Directorate intends to issue a task order under contract HQ0034-13-D-0003 to JHU/APL on a sole source basis under authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(3) as implemented in FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii): "To establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other non-profit institution or a federally funded research and development center."

This task order will be awarded to JHU/APL in its capacity as a Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). UARCs enable DoD to establish and maintain long-term strategic relationships with selected universities, to conduct essential research, development, and scientific and engineering expertise in core competency areas important to DoD. JHU is the only UARC that specializes in Air Defense, strike and power projection, submarine security, antisubmarine warfare, strategic systems evaluation, and command and control. There is no other UARC that specializes in these areas other than JHU. Therefore, no other UARC except for JHU will be able to meet OSD's requirement.

The JHU/APL has been a major asset to the Nation since it was organized to develop a critical wartime technology in 1942. The JHU/APL staff works on more than 600 programs that protect our Nation and advance its vision in research and space science, and provides highly qualified and technically diverse teams with hands-on operational knowledge of the military and security environments. JHU/APL solves complex research, engineering, and analytical problems that present critical challenges.

This task order is intended to fulfill the requirement for research, development and analysis support services in the day-to-day operations of the DCIO C4&IIC/NLCC Management Office. In addition, the objective of this effort is to fulfill the DoD CIO requirement for comprehensive National Leadership Command Capabilities (NLCC) services in areas such as strategic planning, capital planning, technology performance, assessment, analysis, architectures, and standards. The proposed effort has been reviewed to ensure that it falls within the special competencies of the research foundation, and within the overall scope of the IDIQ.

WHS Acquisition Directorate anticipates issuing a task order under its IDIQ contract with JHU/APL (reference #HQ0034-13-D-0003) to meet the mission critical needs of DoD CIO. The performance period will be for a base of 12 months, and four (4) 12 month option periods. The anticipated amount of this action is approximately $27M.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their capabilities with respect to this requirement by 18 AUG 2013, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. All information received will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this action based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services).