NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

The United States Air Force (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase order to a single source, MTS Systems Corporation, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 and FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) (only one source reasonably available) on or about 24 Aug 2021.  The period of performance (PoP) shall be from 18 Sep 2021 through 17 Sep 2022.    

FSC: 7B20

NAICS: 511210

Size Standard: $41.5M

Description: MTS Software Support  

Supplier name: MTS Systems Corporation

Product description:

This acquisition is to purchase the MTS Maintenance, Enhancement & Support to maintain the current MTS software licenses for the Air Force Research Laboratory. This is a yearly subscription renewal from 18 Sep 2021 – 17 Sep 2022.

Product characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered:

The MTS software products can only be purchased exclusively from MTS Systems Corporation. MTS retains all rights in its technologies, concepts and improvements to its products and software support is not available through other providers.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations.  However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the Government.  The Government will consider responses received within 6 days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement.

If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603.  If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. 

A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. 

Contractors should be aware of the following information:

1.  Contractors must include the following information:

          a.  Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.

          b.  Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.

          c.  Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone.

          d.  Company CAGE Code or DUNS Number. 

2.  In your response, you must address how your product meets the product characteristics specified above.

3.  Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

4.  Responses are limited to 10 pages in a Microsoft Word compatible format.

Responses should be emailed to James Batchelor at [email protected] and Jeremy Fraser at [email protected] no later than 10 Aug 2021, 1:00 PM EST.  Any questions should be directed to James Batchelor through mail.