J--CLARINET MERLIN RECEIVING SYSTEM (CMRS)

The Contracting Department, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Norfolk, VA, 23511-3392 intends to negotiate on a sole source basis a Firm Fixed Price contract with Long Wave, Inc., headquartered at 307 W 7th Street, Suite 1210, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 for maintenance and Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) of six (6) Clarinet Merlin Receiving Systems (CMRS), Broadcast Control Authority (BCA) servers, and associated hardware. The period of performance for the resulting contract will be for one (1) nine-month base with four (4), twelve-month option periods including FAR Clause 52.217-8 "Option to Extend Services". All options will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 17.206(a). The statutory authority for this action is 10 USC 2304(c)(1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a) (2) iii; When the supplies or services required by an agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for. A complete Solicitation package will be available on or about 15 November 2010 on NECO Website: http:// www.neco.navy.mil. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334290. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above site; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for the Government refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges that a prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling +1 (555) 000-0000, or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov.