Engineering Services Support for the Army’s Gateway Mission Router (GMR)

**ATTENTION** ALL FORMAL COMMUNCIATION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION MUST BE DIRECTED TO:

MRS. LINDSAY LAYNE AND MR. JOE POLLARD, CONTRACT SPECIALISTS, ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - REDSTONE;

EMAIL: LINDSAY.C.LAYNE.CIV@ARMY.MIL, JOE.W.POLLARD.CIV@ARMY.MIL NO TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED. The Army Contracting Command - Redstone proposes to issue solicitation number W58RGZ-25-R-0085 for a follow-on, five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) utilizing Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Contract Line-Item Numbers (CLINs), for each individual task or delivery order issued under the IDIQ contract.

This award is for the purchases of engineering services/Post-Production Support Services (PPSS) IDIQ contract to continue support of the Gateway Mission Router (GMR) product line managed by the Product Manager (PdM) Integrated Visual Augmentation System located at Fort Belvoir, VA.

The GMR has been established as the common platform soldier interface for the family of Soldier Situational Awareness (SA) products/devices including, but not limited to IVAS, Nett Warrior (NW), Nett Warrior-Aviation (NW-A), and the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) programs that span multiple Program Management Offices (PMOs) within the PEO Soldier portfolio.

Likewise, the GMR is a candidate for similar vehicle/platform applications within PEO Command, Control, Communications, and Network (C3N), PEO Missiles and Space, and PEO Aviation for which services under this pending contract may also be provided.

The action is a sole source requirement for platform integration support; GMR software (SW) updates and maintenance; development of relevant technical documentation and data; and the hardware repair and return to service of failed GMR units originally manufactured and delivered under the companion GMR production IDIQ contract (W58RGZ-24-D-0067). Pursuant to 10 United States Code (U.S.C.)

3204 (a)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii) “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements”. This proposed contract action is for engineering services/Post-Production Support Services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source: Vertex Modernization & Sustainment LLC, 6125 E. 21st Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46219-2058, CAGE Code: 96JA0.

Interested firms may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. This is NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTES. However, all proposals received within fifteen (15) days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.