Office of Naval Research Corporate Programs Division Support Services for the Naval Science Awards Program

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) intends to issue a sole source Purchase Order under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, on or about 31 July 2013 to the Academy of Applied Science located at 24 Warren Street, Concord, NH 03301-4048. The period of performance will be for seven (7) months (or or about 01 August 2013 through 28 February 2014). A contract (N00014-04-D-0500, Order 0001) and grant (N00014-08-1-0559) was issued to provide support to the Office of Naval Research's Naval Science Awards Program (NASP). Under this Program, the Contractor was responsible for providing funds in direct support of eligible pre-college students to encourage student development and retention in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and create awareness among the talented youth of the opportunities available within the Naval Research Enterprise. A Purchase Order will be issued to the Academy of Applied Sciences to distribute the funds provided under grant number N00014-08-1-0559 in order for ONR to participate in the 2013 Naval Science Awards Program. The North American Industry Classification System (NAISC) code for this requirement is 541611. This notice is not a request for proposals or quotes. However, all responsible sources may submit a quotation and summary of technical capabilities, which, if received within 15 calendar days of publication of this notice, shall be considered by ONR. All responses must be submitted to the Government point of contact at the e-mail address stated below. Any response to this notice must clearly show that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination not to open up the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.