COMBINED SOURCES SOUGHT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FOR COMBINED ARMS VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TRAINER (CAVE) UPGRADE

***THIS IS A COMBINED SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE***

SPECIAL NOTICE: Combined Sources Sought and Notice of Intent to Sole Source
This is a Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Sole Source published in accordance with FAR 5.201 and FAR Part 10. The Department of War/ Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) intends to negotiate a sole-source contract with Battlespace Simulations LLC under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice is published for market research purposes to determine if other responsible sources exist that can satisfy this requirement

BACKGROUND

The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), Orlando, FL intends to sole source the effort to restore non-mission-capable Portable Lightweight Designator/Rangefinder (PLDR) and Common Laser Range Finder - Integrated Capability (CLRF-IC) targeting assets to a fully operational, calibrated, and deployable status to Battlespace Simulations LLC (BSI) (CAGE code 4KC80) of Lakewood Ranch, FL under the authority of 10 USC 2304 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. BSI is the developer of the specialized software and custom firmware plug-in configurations integrated into these tactical units, and possesses the exclusive proprietary source code, technical data rights, and certified optical calibration chambers required to align the optics and certify that the lasers meet original MIL-SPEC eye-safe parameters. The Government does not have and cannot provide data rights to any software components that would be necessary to perform this upgrade. In order to comply with PGI 206.302-1, the Government is seeking information on the availability of potential comparable sources to upgrade the existing CAVE training systems capability located at Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific (EWTGPAC), Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Coronado in San Diego, California (CA).

BSI is the only responsible source capable of satisfying this requirement because they hold the proprietary technical data, software rights, and specialized calibration tooling necessary to return these military unique targeting systems to a mission-capable state. The updated hardware components utilized during the refurbishment process require a proprietary software firmware plug-in developed exclusively by BSI.

Only BSI's engineering team possesses the proprietary source code and technical data rights to configure, install, and test this software on the PLDR and CLRF-IC systems. No other vendor can provide or support this critical interface software.

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE

In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Submit the response by email to the Primary Point of Contact and, if specified, to the Secondary Point of Contact listed in this notice as soon as possible, and preferably before the closing date and time of this notice. Please review the attached PDF file for further details.

IMPORTANT NOTES

The information received in response to this notice will be reviewed and considered so that NAWCTSD may appropriately solicit for its requirements in the near future. 

This notice should not be construed as a commitment by NAWCTSD to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. 

This notice is not a request for a quotation. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotations.

No award will be made as a result of this notice. 

NAWCTSD is not responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice.

NAWCTSD reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and appropriate.

Thank you for taking the time to submit a response to this request!