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PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE/SYNOPSIS: W56HZV23R0094 ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND – DETROIT ARSENAL (ACC-DTA) intends to issue a non-Commercial, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Request for Proposal (RFP) in June 2023 t... PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE/SYNOPSIS: W56HZV23R0094 ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND – DETROIT ARSENAL (ACC-DTA) intends to issue a non-Commercial, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Request for Proposal (RFP) in June 2023 to procure reset, recap sustainment, and maintenance parts, and maintenance services for Robot Logistics Support Center (RLSC) technicians to support the overall sustainment of the Government Robot Systems (Man-Transportable Robotic System Inc II (MTRS Inc II) and Common Robotic System – Heavy (CRS-H). This requirement is being solicited on a sole source basis to FLIR Unmanned Ground Systems, Inc. (FLIR) in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.” FLIR, as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for the FLIR Family or Robots (FLIR FoR). Only FLIR has the facilities, personnel, knowledge, historical information, technical data, and software to fulfill the Government’s requirement without substantial duplication of cost. The Justification and Approval was approved by ACC-DTA’s Senior Contracting Official on 15 March 2023. The RFP will result in a non-Commercial, five-year Firm-Fixed Price Requirements contract, with three base ordering years and two option years to FLIR IAW FAR Part 15 (Contracting by Negotiation). Although it is the Government’s intent to solicit and negotiate with only one source, FLIR, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. All contractors who provide goods/services to the Department of Defense (DoD) must be registered on the System for Award Management (SAM) website. You may register via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Further information may be obtained through the internet at: http://www.acq.osd.mil/faq.html. CAUTION: This solicitation will be issued electronically as will any amendments thereto. Because of this, the Government is under no obligation and is in fact unable to maintain a bidders’ mailing list. It is therefore incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access the above internet address in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for bid opening/receipt of proposals may render your bid or proposal nonresponsive and result in the rejection of same. This is a pre-solicitation notice, otherwise known as a synopsis. The solicitation pertaining to this notice will not be available for a minimum of 15 calendar days from the date of this notice. Contractors should not call the buyer or procuring contracting officer (PCO) seeking a copy of the solicitation (or other data) as none will be available until the solicitation is issued.