NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - Improved Army Hot Weather Combat Boots

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Natick Contracting Division intends to negotiate and award a firm fixed price type sole source contract to Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company, 100 Premier Drive, Belleville, IL 6220-3423 IAW FAR 13.106(b). The additional Hot Weather Combat Boots are required to support additional testing with Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center (CCDC-SC). Delivery requires access to proprietary technical data, materials and designs developed by Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company under a previous agreement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This special notice is not a request for competitive proposals however, responsible parties purporting to have the necessary qualifications with the ability deliver this item must submit official documentation to this fact. Submission instructions are provided below. The Government will retain comments and information received in response to this Special Notice. Proprietary information should be identified as Company Proprietary. Do not use Government Security classification markings. Questions regarding this Special Notice should be emailed to the point of contact listed below. Responders are encouraged to address their abilities to deliver this requirement within 15 days of this notice. All written responses must be received no later than 11:59 AM Eastern on Monday, 05 August 2019. Submissions shall be electronic and: (1) use Microsoft Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF); (2) be sent to the Point of Contact by email below. Material considered advertisement is not desired. Point of Contact: Kenneth Janosko, Contract Specialist kenneth.v.janosko.civ@mail.mil