The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Research and Development Center - Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (ERDC-CRREL) intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Ettus Research LLC upon the basis of the authority provided at FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

ERDC-CRREL has a requirement to procure the following:

- Two (2) Universal Radio Peripheral (USRP) Kits (part number 782744-01)
o Kit includes: USRP E100, 2 SMA-Bulkhead Cables, 1 USB-ADP Adapter Cable, and Power Supply
o Designed for embedded applications of devices not needed to be connected to an external PC for operation
o Designed for applications that require stand-alone operation
o Pre-installed Linux, drivers, and other software for easy development

- Two (2) WBX USRP Daughterboards with Micro Coaxial (MCX) Bulkhead RF Cables (part number 782759-01)
o Transceiver
o Requires access to a number of different bands within its range - 50 MHz to 1 GHz
o Provides up to 100 mW of output power and noise figure of 5 dB

A current CRREL research project requires a programmable, field-portable digital radio communications system to transmit, receive, and analyze the error content of digital messages while separated by miles of rugged terrain. The aforementioned items are fully compatible in operability, flexibility, and known capability to quantify the degradation of radio communications in mountainous terrain by measuring bit error rates (BERs) as a function of position and frequency. Market research has indicated Ettus Research LLC to be the only manufacturer and distributor source for this specific Software Defined Radio (SDR).

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334220, which has a size standard of 750 employees.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy.

Please provide responses to this notice no later than 15 July 2014, at 12:00 PM, Central Time (CST) to:

[email protected]

Telephone responses will not be accepted.

Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the 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.

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