58--Notice to Sole Source

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 13.106-1(b)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirement; unique supplies or services available from only one source or only one supplier with unique capabilities. United States Forces-Afghanistan requires the purchase of The PR-100 is portable spectrum analyzer that includes an integrated electronic compass and Global Position System receiver that allows the user to save bearing lines and triangulate a single point of interest and radio frequency direction finding recording software integrated into a single unit that is able to interface with the Multi-spectral Ambient Noise Collection & Analysis Tool (MANCAT), which is Government off-the-shelf software which incorporates into the Spectrum Situational Awareness System (S2AS) from 7.5 GHz to 18 GHz . The CENTCOM Contracting Command - Reachback (C3R) intends to make an award to Rohde & Schwarz Inc. 8661A Robert Fulton Drive, Columbia MD 21046-2265 Interested parties may email [email protected] no later than 20 January 2012, 5:00p.m. CST. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 13.106. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement prior to 13 January 2012 at 5:00p.m. CST. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received is considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement