RadTruck Upgrade and Maintenance

The Department of Homeland Security intends to issue a sole source hybrid contract to Innovative Survivability Technologies/Textron (IST/Textron) for the repair and upgrade to the RadTruck, a vehicle based radiological detection system. The contract will have a one-year base period with a one-year option period. Innovative Survivability Technologies/Textron (IST/Textron), 201 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA 01887-2941 was the sole entity responsible for the commercializing radiation detection technologies into the RadTruck based upon a prototype designed and licensed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Due to the unique nature of the initial hardware/software and integration efforts undertaken by LLNL and IST/Textron for the RadTruck, IST/Textron is the only vendor that can perform the upgrade and repairs to the RadTruck, without causing programmatic/schedule delays and increased costs. Based on the foregoing, this requirement will be procured in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. 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. Numbered notes #22 and #26 apply to this effort