Notice of Intent - The Authority cited at FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements (See 10 U.S.C. 2304 (d)(1)(B))

This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 -Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division intends to award an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract with Firm-Fixed-Price Delivery Orders to a Large Business Concern, Sonalyst, Inc. (Waterford, CT). Description of work: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Dam Neck Activity (DNA) has a requirement to provide Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Combat Direction Systems support services to the German Navy for the maintenance of the Commercial Version (CV) of the gaming engine and integration of hardware in the Dangerous Waters Non-Commerical (DWNC) Version of Simulation Engine (DWSE) series software. As part of this support, NSWCDD DNA has been requested to task the developer of the Dangerous Waters Naval Simulator (DWNS) software to provide: (1) Maintenance to the CV of the gaming engine and capabilities; (2) Integration of additional commercial hardware, obtained outside this contract for the DWNS, with the DWNS software The anticipated ordering period of the contract is 5 years. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. Based on previous market research conducted, the Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. The NAICS code is 541512. The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is $27,500,000.00. Current market research established that the Government's need may be met by the type of item or service customarily available in the commercial marketplace that would meet the definition of a commercial item as outlined in FAR 2.101; therefore, the procedures outlined in FAR Part 12 will be used for this acquisition. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements (See 10 U.S.C. 2304 (d)(1)(B).) All responsible sources may submit a capability statement. Interested concerns must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses and questions shall be submitted to jessa.turner@navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.