Items include three Q-ball Rotorcradt, three Rotary Servo Plants with different replacable modules, Rotary Servo Plant with Solar Tracker Module, three Self-Erecting - Linear Inverted Pendulum module

The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), San Diego Contracting Department, IAW FAR Part 12, Commercial Items, intends to award a Sole Source Firm Fixed Price Contract to Quanser Consulting Inc. (119 Spy Court, Markham ON, Canada L3R 5H6) for the procurement of equipment for the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). In order to establish an Autonomous Systems Engineering and Integration Lab which will support studying basic concepts in guidance, navigation and control; architecture; communication and data relay, hardware and software standardization; improved integration and multi-agent collaboration. The equipment will be used to meet the need for having experimental setups and a variety of heterogeneous indoor unmanned platforms. The items to be procured include three Q-ball Rotorcraft, three Rotary Servo Plants with different replaceable modules, Rotary Servo Plant with Solar Tracker Module, three Self-Erecting – Linear Inverted Pendulum modules, Seesaw Module, Double Inverted Pendulum Module, Linear Flexible Joint with Pendulum, supplemental equipment and software licenses. Quanser Consulting, Inc. offers a complete Autonomous Systems Controls setup as opposed to a single robot. It allows for coordinated and collaborative control between multiple agents which for easy of design and low and high level control algorithms for multiple agents. The proposed contract action is for commercial supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested persons may identify their intent and capability to respond to the requirement by advising the Contract Specialist (see contact information below). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any and all capable parties that can meet the requirement shall contact the Contract Specialist by 11 July 2011 and will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract is based upon responses to this notice and 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. The applicable NAICS code is 334511. Inquiries shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist, Christina Beal via e-mail at email address: contact@example.gov. All questions must be submitted by e-mail ONLY. Questions shall be submitted not later than 11 July 2011. Questions submitted by phone or fax will not be considered. Central Contractor Registration (CCR): Contractors must be registered in the CCR database to be considered for award. Registration is free and can be completed on-line at http://www.ccr.gov/.