NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE
7 September 2017

The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Contracts Department at Stennis Space Center, MS, 39522, hereby formally announces the intent to award a firm-fixed price purchase order on a sole source basis to Deepwater Buoyancy, Inc. This requirement is for maintenance, repairs, and modifications for 6 each Hi-Speed submarine shaped buoys designed to house Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers. The proposed contract action is a firm-fixed price purchase order for which NAVOCEANO intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1.

This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals; however, all interested persons that identify to the Contracting Officer their intent and capabilities to satisfy the Government's requirement with commercial items and are received within 7 calendar days after the 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.  For specific questions, please contact the Contract Specialist, Lisa K. Brown, at [email protected] or by telephone at 228-688-5773, or the Contracting Officer, Chantel Smith, at [email protected] or by telephone at 228-688-4362.