Notice of Intent to Sole Source

SOLE SOURCE/NOTICE OF INTENT The 30th Contracting Squadron, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA 93437, intends to solicit and award a sole source firm-fixed-price contract to AeroVironment, Inc. The action will be executed in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Soliciting from a single source not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. See attached redacted Sole Source Justification for additional details. The requirement is to provide the following:

CLIN 0001:

PUMA AE Center Wing CLIN 0002:

PUMA AE Left Wing Tip CLIN 0003: PUMA AE Right Wing Tip This notice of intent is NOT a request for quote or proposal. However, interested parties may submit a narrative describing their capabilities and qualifications to fulfill the requirement via email to conner.sanchez.1@spaceforce.mil with a copy to mitchel.rinehart@spaceforce.mil no later than 9 May 2024 at 1:00PM Pacific Time. Any costs incurred in submitting a capabilities statement will not reimbursed by the Government.

Additionally, the information received will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.