70--Oil Spill Trajectory Software

The Contracting Department, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Norfolk, VA, 23511-3392 intends to negotiate a sole source, Firm Fixed Price contract and will utilize procedures under FAR Part 13, with Applied Science Associates, Inc. located in South Kingstown, RI. This procurement will be sole source due to Applied Science being the sole developer of an oil spill trajectory software designed to match database capabilities to ensure unique minimal system requirements of USNAVSUPPACT. The requirement calls for software to provide elapsed time interval trajectories overlaid on a C-Map Chart for the Eastern Mediterranean, connect to live forecasting systems, include algorithms for oil spill entrainment and oil shoreline interaction, and generate steady current fields and title current fields. Oral quotations will be utilized and award is to be completed 17 September 2010. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541511. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov.