SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- Embedded Computing Processing Boards
- Notice Date
- 2/19/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334418
— Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL/RIK - Rome, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York, 13441-4514, United States
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- FA8751-16-Q-0198
- Archive Date
- 3/19/2016
- Point of Contact
- Ashley Ellinger, Phone: 315-330-4496
- E-Mail Address
-
ashley.ellinger@us.af.mil
(ashley.ellinger@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334418 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. AFRL requires Embedded Computing processing boards for the Agile Condor Chassis. The products and services are not otherwise available to the Government and do not resemble the substance of any pending competitive acquisition. These boards are not directly available through a pre-existing Government-wide contract. The processing boards will be integrated into the Agile Condor internal payload electronic chassis, SRC642. It has the capability to be flown as an external payload on medium-class UAS platforms. The chassis is capable of supporting the current design with the GE/Abaco compute and network 3U VPX system boards. The final integration of the embedded processing boards and the Chassis system is critical for the Agile High Performance System (AHPS) program to meet its objectives and flight test schedule. The system will be used to develop application to run in real-time and evaluate performance. Market research was performed, and no suitable alternative was identified. Competitors to Abaco Systems exist, but lack the capability to simultaneously satisfy as many of the interoperability requirements and are only able to satisfy portions of the requirements. Award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the requirements including costs related to training, installation, engineering, maintenance, and support. The Government intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Abaco Systems, 12090 South Memorial Parkway, Huntsville, AL 35803, developer of the required embedded computing boards. This is a notice of proposed contract action and not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent by email to Ashley.Ellinger@us.af.mil. Responses must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements. Responses received will be evaluated; however a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or before 11 March 2016. A Sole Source Justification will be attached to the subsequent Notice of Award in accordance with applicable regulation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL – Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, Rome, New York, 13441, United States
- Zip Code: 13441
- Zip Code: 13441
- Record
- SN04025301-W 20160221/160219234532-5a98fc0a2849c4e5f332143a19caf5ab (fbodaily.com)
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