Intent to Sole Source UBM Repair

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: (THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE) The 1st Special Operations Contracting Squadron, Hurlburt Field, FL intends to award a sole source contract to M.I.C Industries Inc. 4150 Martinsburg Pike, Clearbrook, Virginia, VA, 22624 for the refurbishment of the Ultimate Building Machine 240 (UBM-240). 1 SOCONS/PKA will use Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other Than Full and Open Competition.

The authority for soliciting a single source under simplified acquisition procedures is FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Soliciting Competition, which states that contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals.

However, all responses received by the closed date specified herein will be reviewed by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.