NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Rapid Acquisition Cell, Eglin AFB in support of USSOCOM Det 1, intends to negotiate a sole source contract with The Boeing Company, located at 6200 JS McDonnell Blvd Saint Louis, MO 63134-1939 for the procurement, integration and fielding of the Laser Guided Small Diameter Bomb (LSDB) System onto Special Operation Forces aircraft platforms. The contract is anticipated to be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract in support of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the integration, test, and life cycle support (ancillary engineering, technical, test, production and logistical support) of Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) and Laser Small Diameter Bombs (LSDBs) and associated test assets for SOF aircraft platforms. This contract will also procure LSDBs Flight Termination System/Telemetry (FTS/TM) kits. This contract will be awarded to The Boeing Company, 6200 JS McDonnell Blvd, St Louis, MO 63134-1939. Business Information The Government intends to solicit, negotiate and award to only one contractor using other than full and open competition procedures pursuant to the authority of FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however all responses received within thirty (30) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the Government. The Government will not be responsible for any cost incurred in preparation of proposals. 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. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The clause at AFFARS 5352.201-9101, Ombudsman, is applicable to this procurement. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns of Offerors or potential Offerors. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program manager or contracting officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Matters of routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman, but rather to the Contracting points of contact identified below. The Ombudsman is Jill Willingham Allen, AFLCMC/AQP, at 1790 10 th Street, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7630; his/her phone number is (937) 255-5472. Collect calls will not be accepted. All actions listed in this notification are subject to the availability of funding. Any responses to this notice of contract action shall be submitted to Marina Hobson at
[email protected] , no later than 8 September 2015, 15:00 PM CST. Contracting Office Information AFLCMC/PZJ Rapid Acquisition Cell, 205 W. D Ave, Bldg 350, Ste 420 Eglin AFB, Florida 32542 United States