W9113M16C0004 / Simulation Center Extension J&A

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal intends to award the following sole source contract action via modification to the competitively awarded Simulation Center (SimCtr) contract W9113M-16-C-0004 with DigiFlight Corporation, 7047 Madison Pike, Huntsville, AL 35806.  The anticipated purpose of this action is to extend the contract by nine-months which includes a six-month option from 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2022 with an additional three-month option period available from 1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022.  The six-month option will be incorporated via contract modification and exercised under FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract. If the three-month option becomes necessary, it will also be exercised under FAR 52.217-9. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). For the purposes of applying this subsection, refer to 10 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)(B)(ii) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(B) “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.”

The SimCtr is a high-performance supercomputing center and serves as one of the primary research and development (R&D) facilities for the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) for space, missile defense, and high altitude research, design, and analysis with state-of-the-art computational and modeling and simulation (M&S) resources, integration, demonstration, and performance verification and visualization capabilities. The SimCtr is a consolidated Government Owned/Contractor Operated (GO/CO) facility located on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama that supports USASMDC and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) mission essential modeling and simulation, analyses, test and evaluation (T&E), and experimentation requirements.  Additionally, multiple individual research and development laboratories are housed in the SimCtr, which are connected to several geographically dispersed locations. 

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. No contract will be awarded on the basis of responses to this notice. This synopsis is published for information purposes only. A determination not to compete this proposed contract action upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract. No phone inquiries will be entertained.