15--Drones

The US Army Contracting Command, ACC-Redstone, anticipates a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, CA for engineering services for the Gray Eagle Medium Altitude Endurance (MAE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The effort will include the conduct of studies, test support, investigation, and related activities required to support program management, systems engineering, hardware engineering, software engineering, and fabrication and testing of modifications which the government requires for added functionality or utility to the Gray Eagle. The planned period of performance is 2013-2017. Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, this contract shall be awarded on an other than full and open competitive basis to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Award to other than intended source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. All responsible sources may submit a response which shall be considered. All responses should be directed to Diane M. Raymond at contact@example.gov and must be received within fifteen days of this notice. This notice of intent to negotiate a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. This is not a formal notice of solicitation. Telephone or facsimile inquiries and/or responses will not be accepted. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release of the solicitation. However, the solicitation will not close prior to the closing date stated above.