K -- K-Re-engineer of Circuit Boards within the CDWP-SC1000-DGPS

17. NOTICE OF INTENT FOR SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT TO SOUTHERN AVIONICS COMPANY. The United States Coast Guard intends to award a sole source contract to Southern Avionics Company of Beaumont, Texas for the modification and redesign of circuitry for existing DGPS SC1000 Transmitters Boards. Southern Avionics Company is the only know source that can meet this requirement due to the proprietary nature of the embedded firmware. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement in the form of a capabilities statement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however all proposals received by the closing date and time will be considered by the Government. 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. All responses are due by close of business (COB), 3:30 PM, Eastern Standard Time (EST), May 19, 2004 and can be emailed to [email protected] (any attachments should be in Word, Rich Text Format, or PDF and must not exceed 2MB) or faxed to Tiffany H. Thompson/G-ACS-5B at (202) 267-4019. (See numbered note 22.)