Notice of Intent to Sole Source Monarch Cadre System

The Department of Defense (DoD) Washington Headquarters Services Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD) intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed price contract for the Monarch Cadre System Requirement to 3dB Labs, Inc., 9050 Centre Pointe Dr., Ste. 340, West Chester, Ohio 45069-9705 (SAM Unique Entity ID: XUYCKEHX8CD9, CAGE: 34XG3). In order to meet the Government’s mission, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) Investigations & Intelligence Division (PFPA IID) requires the 3dB Labs, Inc. brand-name Monarch Cadre System for the Counterintelligence technical mission. This system is used as a radio frequency acquisition and analysis system in classified processing areas to protect National Security Information from adversarial interception and exploitation. The Contracting Officer has determined that 3dB Labs, Inc. has the capability to meet all salient requirements for the Monarch Cadre System. This is the only vendor that can provide a complete kit required per the Intelligence Community (IC) standards. Items contained within this kit have been chosen specifically to meet IC needs. The system includes the following: 1 x MONARCH CADRE system including the following components: - Portable triple-screen workstation - SCEPTRE software suite - OmniSIG RF sensing software - 15 TB storage - User manual - Six baseband inputs, DC to 30 MHz - Two 80 MHz RF inputs, 20 MHz to 6 GHz - One 160 MHz RF input, 100 kHz to 20 GHz - EM-6857 Ultra-wideband antenna - Voyager EVO cart and accessories - User manual - Training Material 1 x SCEPTRE-10G Annual software support and maintenance 1 x Three-day onsite SCEPTRE training, CONUS 3dB Labs, Inc. is the sole manufacturer and distributor of their products, and the software used to interface with these products is proprietary to 3dB Labs, Inc. All upgrades and service calls are conducted only by 3dB Labs, Inc. This procurement will be issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(i) under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901, Simplified Acquisition Procedures .. The NAICS code utilized for this procurement is 541512, Computer Systems Design Services; Small Business Size Standard of $30M. This is a commercial item with a dollar value under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold with a 30-day delivery date after award. This notice of intent is NOT a request for proposals or quotations. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. Contracting Office Address: 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 09F09 Alexandria, VA 22350 Primary Point of Contact: [email protected].