Basic and Advanced Welding Course of Instruction

This is a notification that Naval Special Warfare (NSW) intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed price order to Industrial Alloy Welding, LLC under statutory authority with FAR 6.302-1--Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 517410 with a small business size standard of $15M. NSW requires training on welding and cutting concepts and developing Basic and Advanced Welding capabilities to maintain and repair various types of equipment. The contractor shall provide all personnel, management, materials, equipment and facilities necessary to ensure all students complete the COI objectives. The class size for each COI shall be four (4) students. Welding Tool Kits are required for each student at the commencement of each Basic Welding COI. Training shall be conducted at the Contractor's facility within 50 miles of 1300 Helicopter Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23459. The duration of the each COI (Basic and Advanced) shall not exceed 5 days. Upon completion students shall receive a Welding Operator Certificate in accordance with (IAW) the requirements of American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Welding Society (AWS) 5.1, D1.1, Structural Welding Code -Steel (2010). Industrial Alloy Welding, LLC, a small business, is currently the only known service provider within 50 miles of 1300 Helicopter Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23459 that can provide the required courses of instruction, within the specified timeframe necessary to meet the requirements outlined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). This notice is not a request for quotations. The contractor identified is the only known source for the subject requirement. Reponses to this notification will be used to determine if bona fide competition exists. Any such responses must be in writing and include technical capability information. The Government will not pay for information submitted. All responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this procurement action, based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responses must be received no later than 10:00AM EST, March 16, 2016.