Solicitation N0042119Q0398 is issued as an intent to sole source.   The Government under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) FAR Part 13 intends to purchase on a firm fixed-price basis, and to solicit and award the proposed purchase order on a sole source basis with Iris Technology for 18ea merlin-2 Tactical Power Manager DBC kit, under the authority implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b). Iris Technology is the manufacturer and distributor of the Merlin-2 Tactical Power Manager DBC kits.

Offerors must be currently registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to submission of an offer to be considered for award of any DoD contract. This may be accomplished electronically at http://www.sam.gov.

If a quote is obtain from another Vendor, you must be an authorized distributor with Iris Technology in order to be qualified.

This procurement is a total set-aside for small business under the authority of FAR Part 52.219-6.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes.  A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.  Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.  The government will not pay for any information received.

All responses shall be submitted via email to Annie Bohmann at [email protected] no later than 07/19/2019 4P.M EST.