Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS) and TAIS Airspace Workstation (AWS) Engineering Services (ES) and Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Support Services

*******ATTENTION*******ALL FORMAL COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION MUST BE DIRECTED TO: Brittany Honaker, Contract Specialist, email: brittany.e.honaker@us.army.mil. No telephone calls will be accepted.***************

This requirement is for a thirty month cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF), firm-fixed-price (FFP), and cost reimbursable (CR) contract in support of Product Manager Air Traffic Control Product Office (PM ATC) for the Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS) and TAIS Airspace Workstation (AWS) Engineering Services (ES) and Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Support Services. The selected contract type will be CPFF for engineering services and PBL options, and FFP for base PBL, contractors on the battlefield (COTB), retrofit and retrofit spares options. PBL options consist of system refurbishment, logistics management database upgrade, training support, overhaul, condition based maintenance, reset, exercise support, and unscheduled maintenance. This requirement will be solicited using other than full and open competition and negotiated on a sole source basis. This item is restricted to General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4S), Cage Code 1VN18, because award of the FY 13-15 ES and PBL contract to another source without the updated software baseline would increase cost, technical, and schedule risk to the TAIS program ultimately resulting in potential software gaps and a degradation of operational capability to deployed forces. The Government intends to solicit on a sole source basis in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(b)(1). No solicitation is available for issuance and this notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. This synopsis closes on 26 January 2013 at 12:00 noon CST. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release for solicitation; however, the solicitation will not close prior to the date stated above. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about 28 January 2013, with a proposal due date of 28 February 2013. Any responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. No telephone requests will be accepted. You may fax, email, or mail your requests ATTN: US Army Contracting Command - Redstone, CCAM-ARC, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280, Brittany Honaker, Contract Specialist. Fax number (256) 842-2720. Email brittany.e.honaker@us.army.mil.