# Research & Development, Studies, Design and Engineering Services in Support of Remote Sensing Systems

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/n0017324rrj02

- Solicitation number: N00173-24-R-RJ02
- Notice type: Presolicitation (first published as sources sought)
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Navy
- Agency: Department of the Navy
- Contracting office: Naval Research Laboratory (N00173)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AJ12 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Applied Research
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia
- County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001
- City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000
- First posted: March 5, 2024
- Last posted: July 12, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0703607f6b3c4874a14e402e440750f2/view

## Description

This notice is a ‘Presolicitation Notice’ and does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the presolicitation notice in accordance with FAR SubPart 5.2 Synopses of Proposed Contract Action in preparation for the anticipated release of a Request for Proposal (RFP). NRL is not seeking proposals at this time. NRL reserves the right to cancel this acquisition at any time.

Solicitation no. N00173-24-R-RJ02, titled “Research & Development, Studies, Design and Engineering Services in Support of Remote Sensing Systems” is planned to be issued by 1 November 2024 and will be competed via a 100% small business set-aside competition. The solicitation will use trade-off source selection procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15. Award is anticipated to be made in accordance with FAR SubPart 15.101.

The resulting contract award is anticipated to be a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort (LOE) contract with a five-year period of performance, inclusive of a base year and four, 12-month options. The anticipated level of effort (LOE) involved will be a mix of required labor categories, to include key personnel, consisting of roughly 130,000 labor hours* for the total period of performance, evenly divided per year.

THIS IS NOT A COMMERICAL REQUIREMENT. *The total labor hours ultimately solicited and required under this contract may vary from the total noted above. The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). The Product Service Code is AJ12 - General Science and Technology R&D Services; General science and technology; Applied Research.

Interested parties may submit questions or feedback by the response deadline to the Primary Point of Contact email address listed below. Phone calls regarding this pre-solicitation notice will not be accepted. THE FORTHCOMING SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED. Potential Offerors can view and/or download the solicitation and attachments at SAM.gov (Contract Opportunities) when the solicitation is posted.

Interested parties can register under the Interested Parties Vendors list. Prospective Offerors MUST register on the website. Prospective offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM in order to participate in this procurement. To be eligible for any resulting contract award, Offerors must be registered in the Sam.gov database. Offerors may obtain information on registration at https://www.sam.gov

## Publications

- March 5, 2024: Sources sought, due March 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice ca3984aed8064d42ae9a087f500dc2b6. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ca3984aed8064d42ae9a087f500dc2b6/view
- March 5, 2024: Sources sought, due March 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice ffcc5e4c3ee1405c9d57f5929aaae2f7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ffcc5e4c3ee1405c9d57f5929aaae2f7/view
- March 14, 2024: Sources sought, due March 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 0116716ba6704085b6725157c23d3dfb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0116716ba6704085b6725157c23d3dfb/view
- July 12, 2024: Presolicitation, due August 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 0703607f6b3c4874a14e402e440750f2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0703607f6b3c4874a14e402e440750f2/view

## Points of contact

- Richard Waterstreet, richard.j.waterstreet2.civ@us.navy.mil, 2029231547
- Graham Irby, graham.d.irby.civ@us.navy.mil, 2029231377

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