Special Notice of Intent to Award a Contract Extension on a Sole Source Basis for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Operation and Sustainment

This is a special notice of intent to award a contract extension on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements," to the Boeing Company, Huntsville, Alabama for additional Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system Operations and Sustainment (O&S) as well as additional Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) O&S. This contract extension is necessary while actions are completed for the planned follow-on competitive acquisitions for both the GMD system and SBX.

The purpose of the proposed contract action is to add up to an additional 16.5 months (CY11/CY12) for GMD O&S and twenty-four months for SBX O&S. The GMD O&S requirement will include one 7.5 month performance extension and three, 3 month options to begin 1 January 2011. The SBX O&S requirement will include one 12 month performance extension and two 6 month options.

The CY11 effort consists of maintenance, operations, training support, sustaining engineering, and transition/transfer. An extension through CY11 with an option for CY12 is required to support the Navy transition and competitive O&S contract award. The purpose of this action is to ensure GMD O&S support continues until the competitive GMD Development and Sustainment Contract (DSC) can be awarded and the work transitioned from Contract HQ0147-09-C-0007 to DSC, and SBX O&S effort can be transitioned from Contract HQ0147-09-C-0007 to a Navy competitive O&S contract.

This special notice of intent to award a contract extension on a sole source basis is neither a request for proposal nor a solicitation for offers. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. Any questions regarding this proposed action, however, should be directed to Dixie Bankston at 256-450-1429 and/or Dixie.Bankston@mda.mil no later than 24 November 2010, 5 pm CST.