SOLESOURCE Aircell

The Federal Bureau of Investigation intends to negotiate a sole-source, firm-fixed price contract with Aircell Business Aviation Services, LLC under Request for Quote (RFQ) RFQ-0003770. This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website www.fedbizopps.gov. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. Aircell Business Avaition Services, LLC is to provide the following UHF-band frequency range to be used as a medium for the transmission/reception of secure voice, video, and data services. On our current and pending aircraft. Based on market research via the World Wide Web it has been determined that the FBI's requirement for these communication services can only be provided by Aircell Business Aviation Services, LLC because they are the only service provider in the United States authorized by the FCC and FAA to use UHF-band in-flight cellular communication abourd a moving aircraft. In addition they are the only service provider able to use the existing hardware. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement or submit proposals to this office by 10:00 AM, EST, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, to the attention of Mr. David L. Marmo, Contracting Officer, via E-mail at [email protected]. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The North American Industrial Classification System number is 517210. This contract will be awarded as a commercial item in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 12. Telephone requests will not be accepted.