Engineering Services for PATRIOT

ATTENTION****FORMAL COMMUNICATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO Therese Grimm, Contracting Officer,(973-724-3942) or Jacalyn Dyda, Contract Specialist, (973)724-3222. The United States Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ) Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000 on behalf of the support of the Program Management Lower tier Project Office has a requirement for Engineering Services support for the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept of Target (PATRIOT) air defense weapon system engineering efforts. The U.S. Army intends to satisfy this requirement -by issuing a firm-fixed-price level of effort, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-reimbursable Follow-on Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for engineering services, material and travel. Task orders will be issued as required based on software requirements, obsolescence, reliability, maintainability, or as necessary to replace or add modifications to existing equipment. Other complimentary/ supporting efforts of product assurance, logistics, performance analysis, and test and evaluation are integrated and performed as part of this Engineering Services effort. This requirement is planned as a sole source buy to Raytheon Company,(CAGE Code 05716) under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-(a)(2)(ii)(A), "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." Raytheon Company is the only provider qualified based on their highly specialized and unique knowledge and experience necessary to support the PATRIOT air defense weapon system engineering efforts. Raytheon Company is the prime contractor who retains the proprietary data rights to the manufacturing processes, engineering data and software packages required to perform the required services. Raytheon designed and developed the PATRIOT hardware and software and is the only system manufacturer. The Government does not own the manufacturing processes, engineering data and software package documentation necessary to perform the hardware or software engineering services required. This synopsis is for notification of subcontracting opportunities. Subcontracting opportunities must be arranged between the prime and any potential subcontractors. The U.S. Government anticipates award of one single contract as a result of this solicitation. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses to this notice are due on or before February 19, 2017 by email at jacalyn.b.dyda.civ@mail.mil. No telephone inquiries will be answered.