THIS SOLE SOURCE SYNOPSIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

Solicitation N00421-21-Q-0405 is issued as intent to sole source. The Government intends to purchase on a firmfixed price basis, and to solicit and negotiate the proposed purchase order on a sole source basis with GDP Space Systems, under the authority implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and 13. Due to the GDP systems being proprietary to GDP Space Systems.  It has been deemed by the ART Subject Matter Expert (SME) that the only company capable of providing maintenance support is GDP Space Systems.

Offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) Database prior to submission of an offer to be considered for award of any Department of Defense Contract. This can be accomplished electronically at http://www.sam.gov/vendor.cfm The Government will not pay for any information received.

This is a firm fixed-price procurement; therefore, the offeror’s initial submission should represent the vendor’s best quote in terms of price and technical acceptability.

***Basis for Award***

The Government intends to award this order on a sole source, Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis. All interested parties MUST submit their capabilities and a quote no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on 15 July 2021. A determination by the Government not to compete this order based upon response to this solicitation is solely within the discretion of the government. The Government will not pay for any information received.

All quotes/response shall be submitted via email to Benjamen Morgan at [email protected] and Lauren Farmer at [email protected], no later than 3:00 PM EasternStandard Time on 15 July 2021.