FIELD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES (FSR) TO SUPPORT THE US ARMY OWNED ANTI-UAV DEFENSE SYSTEMS (AUDS)

The Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) has a requirement for a single source award for a new hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract. The requirement is to provide four individuals at different OCONUS locations to install, operate, train, maintain, and re-install as necessary, the deployed AUDS systems at multiple locations in theater for the up to 12 months. A working knowledge of the army's AUDS system is required. The FSR's shall be required to perform regular preventative maintenance on the systems and ensure the generators are properly maintained for continuous operation or scheduled operation as directed by local unit to maintain the system at or above 90% operational ability. Periodic software updates and maintenance of operating systems and tactical software shall be required to be performed by the FSR. Travel, visa's, insurance, business fees and taxes and associated OCONUS travel requirements shall be the responsibility of the contractor to schedule and fund. Life support, CAC, and LOA's shall be the responsibility of the government. The FSR's shall be required to provide data collection of the AUDS upon install of the systems deployed to the USG. The FSR's shall be required to provide event storyboards for each C-UAS event and provide data collection to the USG. The FSR shall provide daily status reports of all systems deployed to the USG. This effort is anticipated to be a one year contract with one option beginning on 30 September 2018. The proposed contract action is for supplies and/or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1. Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Armament Systems Division, 4700 Nathan Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55442, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code 1PYT8. The Army does not have an AUDS Production Level Technical Data Package available. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals, capability statements, or quotations, received within forty-five days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government for all responsible sources. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice.