Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award for the Upgrade of Beryllium Metal

The Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Strategic Materials, has a requirement to upgrade approximately 14,692 pounds of hot pressed powder beryllium metal in the National Defense Stockpile. The Contractor shall provide all materials and services necessary to convert five (5) Government-owned hot pressed powder beryllium metal billets into Hot Isostatic Pressable (HIP) structural beryllium metal powder. At a minimum, the deliverable metal powder must meet the technical characteristics for producing beryllium metal in accordance with AEROSPACE MATERIAL SPECIFICATION, Beryllium Near-Net Preforms Standard Grade Hot Isostatic Pressed, AMS7908 lastest version and low oxide, optical grade, beryllium metal powder that, when formed into a final product using a HIP meets Raytheon Specification, Beryllium Block Hot Pressed, HMS 20-1611, Revision: K, Class II and Composition D. DLA Strategic Materials Directorate of Contracting located in Fort Belvoir, VA intends to solicit and award a firm fixed price contract on a sole source basis to Materion Brush Inc. of Elmore, Ohio, for a period of performance of one (1) base period and two (2) option periods in accordance with FAR 13.501. This action will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 332117, Powder Metallurgy Part Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 500 employees. The Government intends to solicit only with Materion Brush Inc. and to award this requirement under the authority of FAR 13.501. The anticipated award date is no later than May 30, 2015. The prospective contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database in order to be eligible for award. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. There is no solicitation document. No Request for Proposals will be issued. However, all information received within ten (10) calendar days from the publication of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement for competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties may request further information no later than 3:00 PM EDT on May 4, 2015 by sending an email to the Contract Specialist, Stephen Astwood, at stephen.astwood@dla.mil. Telephone calls will not be accepted.