SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- USERT TRAINING
- Notice Date
- 3/30/2020 12:59:48 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- FBI-JEH WASHINGTON DC 20535 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20535
- Solicitation Number
- DJF-20-0700-PR-0002296
- Response Due
- 4/10/2020 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 04/11/2020
- Point of Contact
- Adelle Bolton, Phone: 2562135014
- E-Mail Address
-
albolton@fbi.gov
(albolton@fbi.gov)
- Description
- PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a sole source, fixed price contract to L3 OceanServer, Inc. located at 275 Martine St., Suite 103, Fall River, MA. 02723, for Training Services for the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). The FBI�s Laboratory Divisions� Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team (USERT), requires training services as they pertain to AUV training managed by L3 OceanServer.� The L3 OceanServer is the developer and offers specialized training for the AUV. �The course will consist of an overview of the AUV, mission planning, deployment and recovery, basic mission data analysis, and high-level maintenance of the equipment. ���� Based on market research, only L3 OceanServer offers the AUV training course which is specialized training for USERT members and the specific AUV to the AUV which USERT operates.� L3 OceanServer has provided training for the USERT program in the past.� Having L3 OceanServer provide the training in 2020 will ensure continuity of operations.� �� This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Website (www.beta.sam.gov). �Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. The FBI intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. �This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, per FAR 5.207(16)(ii) all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.� All capability statements and quotes shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer, Adelle Bolton by email.� The email address is�albolton@fbi.gov Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. �Telephone requests will not be considered. �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.� All responses to this intent to sole source are due to the contracting officer by 05:00 PM EST on March 16, 2020 please. System for Award Management (SAM) Requirement Vendors must be registered in the System for Awards Management (beta.SAM.gov) to receive government contracts. The FBI uses a financial system that has a direct interface with SAM. Please ensure that your company's SAM information is updated and accurate. This includes TIN, EFT, DUNS, addresses and contact information. The EFT banking information on file in SAM will be what the FBI uses to process payment. Access to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Locations Performance under this contract may require access to FBI locations to provide some service, product, or perform some other official function of interest to the FBI. Requirements, as identified below, to include approval by the FBI's Security Division, must be satisfied prior to access. �Contractors who will require escorted access, to include short-term, intermittent, or infrequent access, to an FBI facility must complete an ""Access of Non-FBI Personnel to FBI Facilities, Background Data Information Form,"" (FD 816), a ""Privacy Act of 1974 Acknowledgment Form"" (FD 484) and two Fingerprint Cards (FD 258). �Completed and accepted forms should be provided to the assigned Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), at least 10 business days prior to required access. DJAR-PGD-02-02A Non-U.S. Citizens Prohibited from Access to DOJ Information Technology (IT) Systems The Department of Justice does not permit the use of Non-U.S. citizens in the performance of this contract or commitment for any position that involves access to or development of any DOJ IT system. �By signing the contract or commitment document, the contractor agrees to this restriction. �[In those instances where other non-IT requirements contained in the contract or commitment can be met by using Non-U.S. citizens, those requirements shall be clearly described.].� (End of Clause) DJAR-PGD-02-02B Non-U.S. Citizens Prohibited from Access to DOJ Information Technology (IT) Systems The Department of Justice (DOJ) will no longer permit the use of Non-U.S. citizens in the performance of this contract or commitment for any position that involves access to or development of any DOJ IT system. �By signing the contract or commitment document, the contractor agrees to this restriction with respect to all new employees utilized directly to perform duties on the contract. �Non-U.S. citizens currently employees under this contract or commitment may continue performance unless otherwise directed by the Department of Justice. �No new, replacement, or additional Non-U.S. citizens may be added to the contract without the express approval of the Department of Justice. �[In those instances where other non-IT requirements contained in the contract or commitment can be met by using Non-U.S. citizens, those requirements shall be clearly described.].� (End of Clause) Corporate Representation Regarding Felony Conviction Under Any Federal Law or Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability � Solicitation (DEVIATION 2015-02) (March 2015) (a) None of the funds made available by the Department�s current Appropriations Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement with a corporation � 1) convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government, or 2) that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (b) By submitting a response to this solicitation, the offeror represents that, as of the date of this offer � 1) the offeror is not a corporation convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal or State law within the preceding 24 months; and, 2) the offeror is not a corporation that has any unpaid Federal or State tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability. Contractor Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements Prohibiting or Restricting Reporting of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse- Solicitation (DEVIATION 2015-02) (March 2015) None of the funds appropriated to the Department under its current Appropriations Act may be used to enter into a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that requires employees or contractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, and abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or contractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information. By submitting a response to this solicitation, the contractor certifies that it does not require employees or contractors of the contractor seeking to report fraud, waste, and abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or contractors from lawfully reporting waste, fraud, and abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: San Diego, CA 92121, USA
- Zip Code: 92121
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 92121
- Record
- SN05603834-F 20200401/200330230139 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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