Synopsis - FA8678-21-D-0001 Sole-Source Extension

General Information

Document Type: Notice of Contract Action

Solicitation Number: FA8678-21-D-0001

Posted Date: 9 December 2024

Response Date: 24 December 2024, 1600 CDT

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code: 336413

Contracting Office Address

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)/EBAY (Aerial Targets Program Office), 207 West D Avenue, Building 349, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6853

Description

Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) - Air Force Subscale Aerial Targets (AFSAT) – Air Force Subscale Aerial Targets Lots 22-24 Production, Peculiar Spares, and Contractor Logistics Support (CLS). – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Test and Training Division, Aerial Targets Program Office, Contracting Office, Eglin AFB, FL is planning to execute a sole source extension of the current contract to Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems (KUAS), located at 5381 Raley Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95838-1701 for procurement of BQM-167A subscale aerial targets, peculiar spares, and contractor logistics support for the BQM-167 AFSAT Program, covering Calendar Years (CY) 2028 through 2030. Additional AFSATs, spares and CLS are needed to meet current and projected test and evaluation and training mission requirements. These targets will be used by the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group (WEG) to test and evaluate air-to-air weapon systems and for evaluation/training exercises on the Gulf Range Complex and other authorized Department of Defense (DoD) test ranges. In addition to the BQM-167A targets, KUAS will provide CLS activities which include being the Contractor-Inventory Control Point (C-ICP), the Source of Supply (SOS), the administrator of Out of Warranty Repairs (OWR) and Depot Source of Repair (DSOR) for all peculiar support equipment (PSE), end items, subassemblies, and component parts for the BQM-167A system. The Government does not own a technical data package and/or software data rights for the BQM -167A target system and its peculiar support equipment and therefore cannot provide this data to interested parties.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this proposed acquisition is 336413 with a size standard of 1,250 employees. The small-business set-aside status of this contract remains unchanged. The Government has determined that the only way to prevent any adverse impact to critical mission activities that could result from a break in the continuous availability of subscale aerial targets is to issue an extension to the current contract to the incumbent contractor. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This NOCA neither constitutes a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Invitation for Bid (IFB), nor does it restrict the Government to any specific acquisition approach. This NOCA is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment or invitation to contract with the Government and is issued in accordance with (IAW) FAR 5.201(b)(1)(ii).

Contracting point of contact (POC) is Capt Gabriel Sutherland at 207 West D Avenue, Building 349, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6853, gabriel.sutherland.1@us.af.mil, 850-883-0356 or Mr. Nicholas Ardito 207 West D Avenue, Building 349, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6853, nicholas.ardito@us.af.mil, 850-883-3386.

Responses for this effort shall be submitted to Capt Gabriel Sutherland, Procurement Contracting Officer at gabriel.sutherland.1@us.af.mil, 850-883-0356 or Mr. Nicholas Ardito, Contracting Specialist at nicholas.ardito@us.af.mil, 850-883-3386.