Research and development services in support of the United States Naval Academy.

The Contracting Department, Fleet Logistics Center (FLC), Norfolk, VA, 23511-3392 intends to negotiate a Firm Fixed Price, commercial contract, sole sourced to the University of Maryland Baltimore County, utilizing procedures under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, for continued research and development services in support of the United States Naval Academy. The period of performance consists of a base year; and with the option to extend services in accordance with FAR 52.217-8. A complete RFQ package will be available on or about 6 Nov 17 by downloading the documents at the Navy Electronic Commerce Online Website as follows: https:// www.neco.navy.mil. DO NOT use the “submit bid†button on NECO to submit your quote.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 611310; the Business size is 27.5 Million. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above site; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States.

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