This acquisition to result in the award of an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) for a base year plus 4 option years as follows: 

NSN 1630-01-061-3729
50% Small Business Setaside Applies
Configuration Control Item
OEM--Northrup Grumman, CAGE 26512
Approved Source--Jay-Em, CAGE 23233
Navy CSI
Not Commercial Item
No Surge Reqt
Prod. Delivery 261 days
Estimate Annual Qty 72
FOB Dest, Inspect/acceptance origin

The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one or a limited number of sources under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. 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. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice.

A copy of the solicitation will be available via the DLA Internet Bid Board System at http://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP on the issue date cited in the RFP.  Choose the RFP you wish to download.  Solicitations are in portable document format (PDF).  To download and view these documents you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.  This software is available free at http://www.adobe.com.  A paper copy of this solicitation will not be available to requesters.  The estimated solicitation issue date is 2 Dec 2011.