Notice of Intent to Issue a Sole Source Contract for "Rail Crossing Violaiton Warning"

Notice of Intent to Issue a Sole Source Contract to Battelle for "Rail Crossing Violation Warning Phase II ". The United States Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of Acquisition Services, under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source, intends to issue a sole source contract to : Battelle for "Rail Crossing Violation Warning Phase II ". The period of performance will be 18 months after award. The sole source justification is as follows: Battelle completed Phase I of the research from 2015-2017 under FHWA contract, which included development of the Concept of Operations, System Requirements, System Architecture, prototyping, and laboratory and field testing. Battelle is uniquely qualified to complete Phase II of the development due to being the sole system developer throughout Phase I. NO SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE IS AVAILABLE . This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals; however interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Respondents must provide a capability statement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this synopsis. Interested parties with the capability of meeting the proposed requirements are requested to identify their interest by email to the FRA point of contact, Devona Jackson, [email protected] , no later than 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, September 4, 2018. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely to determine whether to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.