SOLICITATION NOTICE
23 -- Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source Contract for the Procurement of Category III Buffalo A2 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles
- Notice Date
- 9/23/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336992
— Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Systems Command, M67854 MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND Quantico, VA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M6785408R5078
- Response Due
- 10/8/2008
- Archive Date
- 11/1/2008
- Point of Contact
- Carl V. Bradshaw 540-242-3035 Contract Specialist Kimberly Barneskimberly.m.barnes.ctr@usmc.mil<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Marine Corps Systems Command intends to negotiate and award a sole-source contract with Force Protection Industries, INC (FPII), a large business based out of Ladson South Carolina, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The contract will be for up to fifty (50) Category III Buffalo Mine Protected Clearance Vehicles (MPCVs), spare parts and life-cycle sustainment support. The Category III Buffalo vehicle is a mine resistant, route clearance type vehicle that is needed in convoy operations. FPII's Category III Buffalo is a versatile, diesel powered, pneumatic tired, heavily armored multi-purposed vehicle equipped with hydraulically operated arm that can reach out and manipulate a variety of objects on the ground. FPII's Category III Buffalo Vehicles are already in the USMC inventories and have been repeatedly proven to save lives. FPII possesses unique knowledge and production line capabilities for immediate production of this required item and is therefore the only vendor ! deemed qualified to provide this item. All contractors who provide goods/services to the DoD must be registered in the Central Contractor Register (CCR). Online Certifications and representations at (ORCA), http:\orca.bpn.gov, will also be required. Failure to comply with the ORCA registration may make a vendor ineligible for award. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no formal solicitation package is available. However, interested parties may identify their capability to meet the requirements by submitting a white paper, technical data for the item, and past performance data no later than 1 October 2008 to Kimberly Barnes at kimberly.m.barnes.ctr@usmc.mil. Responses received by 1 October 2008 will be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this effort on a full and open basis is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not be responsible for any cost incurred in responding to this notic! e. Only e-mail inquiries will be accepted-no telephonic communications.
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