The U.S.Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) intends to award a sole source contract to LaRue Tactical (Austin Precision Products Incorporated). The proposed contract will provide weapon parts for the LaRue Optimized Battle Rifle provided exclusively by LaRue Tactical. The proposed action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(c). This is a notice of intent and not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation is available for this requirement. Interested parties may submit a capability statement and pricing information for the requirement within ten (10) calendar days of publication of this notice, to be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice 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 requirement. Do not contact the Contracting Officer. The POC for this action is David Foreman at
[email protected], 505-845-6137. See a link to the Justification for Other than Open Competition in the upper right-hand corner of the FedConnect screen.