58--LAND MOBILE RADIO UPGRADE - AES ENCRYPTION, OVER THE AIR REKEYING, AND P25 COMPATABILITY

The 136th Airlift Wing intends to issue a sole source award based upon the authority in 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, to Motorola, Inc for the upgrade of AES encryption, Over the Air Rekeying (OTAR), and P25 compatibility to 50 (EA) Motorola XTS 5000 land mobiles. This award will be made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). This constitutes the only notice. The government encourages all interested parties who believe they can meet this requirement to submit in writing, complete information describing their ability to provide said requirement. This information shall include at a minimum, pricing, technical literature, and a description of how it shall meet the governments needs. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered for the sole purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In the event the Government does not receive a positive response, it shall promptly issue a subsequent contract. For clarification purposes, a positive response is one that shows a vendor with the capability to meet the Governments needs. All interested parties capable of meeting the Governments needs shall provide a response no later then 5:00PM (Local/CST) on 29 Sep 2008 to following email address: [email protected]. As the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) does not currently have the functionality to allow users to attach documents to Special Notices, the required Justification and Approval shall be provided upon request through email.