Sole Source Award W911QY-15-C-0080 Ignition Technologies

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Contracting Division (NCD) in support of the US Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center (NSRDEC) Aerial Delivery Directorate (ADD), intends to award a firm fixed price bridge contract on a sole source basis to Ignition Technologies, located at 29 Twin Pond Lane Sudbury MA, 01776-1651, under the authority as prescribed in 10 USC 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The requirement is for the incumbent contractor to continue to support a range of aerial delivery systems and equipment programs for an additional period of four (4) months while this effort is being resolicited. No proposals were received from the initial solicitation issued on 19 May 2015 for these services resulting in a need to issue a new Request for Proposal.

This bridge contract is required to prevent a lapse in operations while ensuring on-going current efforts are continued or completed. Without this, scheduled Aerial Delivery Directorate testing would be severely impacted and milestones for fielding of systems would be delayed. Continuity is required to finish current projects as well as to provide for the transition of services to the awardee under the forthcoming solicitation. Availability of the new solicitation will be announced on Federal Business Opportunities.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 541330 - Engineering Services and the Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard is 15.0 million dollars.

Question concerning this announcement may be sent via e-mail ONLY to stephen.s.abate.civ@mail.mil AND jean.t.greenwood.civ@mail.mil. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Notice will be solely at the expense of the interested party.