Pepper Academic Robot

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

This is a special notice is prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 5.2 - Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The contracting office for this notice is the 10th Contracting Squadron, USAF Academy, CO 80840.

The US Air Force Academy (USAFA) intends to award a sole source commercial contract using simplified procedures in accordance with FAR parts 12 & 13 to Robotlab, Inc.  Robotlab, Inc is a small business located at 75 Broadway Street 2nd Floor, STE 202, San Francisco, CA, 94111-1423. The authority for this non-competitive award is 10 USC 2304(c)(1), only one responsible source. The NAICS code for this requirement is 541519. The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is $30M. This notice incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2020-07 effective 2 July 2020. The Government has deemed Robotlab, Inc. to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance.

1. Only one responsible source and no other item will satisfy the USAFA requirement. Pepper Humanoid Robots are manufactured by SoftBank Robotics.  Robotlab, Inc. is the only authorized reseller of the education/research version of Pepper Robots in the United States.
2. Anticipated award on 31 August 2020 as a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order.

There is only one solution that meets USAFA’s requirement. Therefore, the contracting officer has determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available IAW FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

REQUIREMENT:

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Description

Quantity

Unit of Issue

0001

Pepper Academic Version

- 1 Pepper Robot with Charger and Battery

- Unlimited Choregraphe Licenses

- Full SDK and APIs

- 1 Engage! K12 Site License for Pepper Robot (3-year subscription)

- 2-year Warranty and RobotLAB Support Level 1

1

EA

A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. Based on previous market research conducted, the Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. This synopsis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals.  DO NOT submit a bid/quote at this time.

All responsible sources may submit a capability statement. Interested concerns must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Responses and questions shall be submitted to malissa.crofoot.2@us.af.mil no later than 12:30pm, MDT on 5 August 2020. Responses received after this will be considered late IAW FAR 52.212-1(f) and will not be evaluated. Contractors must have a current registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://sam.gov/. The Government bears no legal liability for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.

Point of contact is Malissa Crofoot, Contracting Officer, email: malissa.crofoot.2@us.af.mil.