Product line and life cycle management activities for the Distributed Scalable AccessNet (DSAN).

The Marine Corps Systems Command intends to award a sole source contract to General Dynamics, C4 Systems, Integrated Switching Systems, 7090 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 150, Columbia, MD 21046 for product line and life cycle management activities for the Distributed Scalable AccessNet (DSAN). Sustainment efforts will include post production support to include: Program and Configuration Management; Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS); documentation maintenance; engineering studies; Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs); component obsolescence oversight; Vendor Level Maintenance; Government Furnished Property (GFP) Maintenance; follow-on hardware procurement; training; and help desk support. The justification permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements." General Dynamics is the designer, developer, original equi! pment manufacturer (OEM) and sole producer of the DSAN system.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No RFP is available for competitive bidding; however interested parties may submit a statement of capability for satisfying this requirement to Mr. Edward McGrail at Edward.mcgrail@usmc.mil. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. See note 22 -