This Special Notice announces the Government's intention to establish a sole source contract to  LinQuest Corporation in order to bridge the gap between the existing  Milstar Engineering & Communications Support Services (MECSS) contract and the  EHF SATCOM Support and Engineering Services (ESSES) acquisition, which is currently in the Source Selection process.  The current MECCS contract provides support services to the 50th Space Wing, 4th Space Operations Squadron (4 SOPS) at Schriever AFB and the 614th Satellite Control Squadron (614 SCS) at Peterson AFB IAW the Service Characteristics listed below.  The period of performance for this contract action is 1 June 2010 through 30 November 2010 and will ensure uninterrupted support to the critical needs of 4 SOPS and 614 SCS.

Service Characteristics:

Milstar is a joint service satellite communications system that provides secure, jam resistant, worldwide communications to meet essential wartime requirements for high priority military users. The multi-satellite constellation links command authorities with a wide variety of resources, including ships, submarines, aircraft and ground stations, providing interoperable encrypted voice, data, teletype or facsimile communications among the users of Army, Navy, and Air Force Milstar terminals. These links are used for a multitude of operations, from calling in Theater Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) and air strikes from forward deployed fire teams, to national command and control messaging, through missile defense and Presidential communications links. Continued operation of these requirements  is critical to national security and vital to our national economic interests. Immediate execution of these requirements is therefore crucial - any delay or degradation of service would immediately and directly result in serious loss of military capabilities, assets, intelligence and personnel, and recovery time for tactical and strategic nets would suffer extended outages.  Contractor support must demonstrate a thorough understanding of Milstar systems, and the missions of both 4 SOPS and the 614 SCS. The majority of contractor resources will be employed within a Restricted Area at both the Secret and Top Secret/SCI levels. The contractor must have on staff, or have the ability to hire and retain, personnel to perform the work with the required clearances. The core support personnel will be required to work with day-staff on-site primarily at Schriever AFB, Colorado.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS.  However, interested parties may identify their capability to respond to this requirement by 5:00 pm MDST, 23 April, 2010, via email to the attention of: Brad York, [email protected] and Kathy Dillon, [email protected].  Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government.  No reimbursement for any costs connected with providing capability information will be provided.  Information received will be solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.