This notice acts as notice of intent to award a sole source contract IAW FAR 5.207.

The 30th Contracting Squadron at Vandenberg Space Force Base (SFB), CA intends to award a sole source purchase order contract to AeroVironemnt for the purchase of PUMA AE Spare Wings to support the Small Unammed Aircraft Systems (sUAS) capabilities to support the mission of VSFB. Replacement parts support normal wear and tear, and damaged equipment parts sustained during direct support of domestic sUAS operations in VAFB, and having a spare minimizes a single point of failure and no break in system usage. The anticipated award date is 30 Sept 2023. The required items and quantities are as follows:

CLIN 0001: PUMA Drone Center Wings (30)

CLIN 0002: PUMA Drone Left Wings (30)

CLIN 0003: PUMA Drone Right Wings (30)

CLIN 0004: Shipping

The applicable NAICS for this acquisition is 336413 - Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Euipment Manufacturing with a business size standard of 1,250 employees. The applicable PSC is 1550, Unmanned Aircraft. The proposed contract is for items for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the Authority of AFFARS 5313.501 - 10 U.S.C. 3204(e), Implementation of Simplified Acquisition Procedures (41 U.S.C. 1901) as only one source is reasonably available and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

This is a notice of intent to award a sole source procurement action and is not a request for competitive proposals. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Firms who seek to challenge the sole source must submit substantiating documentation that demonstrates your firm's ability to provide an equivalent supply as described in the attached Salient Characteristics.

Respond to the below point of contact referencing Notice ID FA461023QPUMA_AE_SPARE_WINGS by 29 Sept 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (PDT). A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The 30th Contracting Squadron will not reimburse for any costs connected with providing capability information.

If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Rowe, Contract Specialist, and Kris Clark, Contracting Officer, by email at jessica.rowe.5@spaceforce.mil and kristofer.clark@spaceforce.mil.