--Hatch Mounted Satellite Antenna - INMARSAT Autonomous Steering Solution

The Technology Applications Office plans to enter into a sole-source contract with SRI International, located in Menlo Park, California, under the authority of FAR 6.302(1). The contract aims to have SRI International develop and provide an autonomous steering solution specifically for the government-owned EMS Technologies Viper INMARSAT system, a portable high-bandwidth data communication device used for enroute communications. Although this action is set as a non-competitive procurement, the government invites interested parties to express their capabilities or submit proposals within fifteen days from the publication date. However, the decision to open the procurement to competition remains at the government's discretion. This procurement pertains to a hatch-mounted satellite antenna with the autonomous steering solution intended to enhance INMARSAT system performance. The contracting agency is the Department of Defense, specifically the W6DP Peo Iew & S Detrick office based at Fort Detrick, Maryland. The solicitation number is USA-SNOTE-060522-003, posted on May 22, 2006, and falls under the NAICS code 334290. Interested parties or those seeking further information are advised to contact the Contracting Officer via the provided email. The government will primarily use any received responses to evaluate whether a competitive procurement process should be pursued.