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Synopsis - J&A for Other than Full and Open Competition 1. Class Code: A 2. NAICS Code: 541715 3. Subject: NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - Hardware and Software Development and Deliverables for a Lo... Synopsis - J&A for Other than Full and Open Competition 1. Class Code: A 2. NAICS Code: 541715 3. Subject: NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - Hardware and Software Development and Deliverables for a Low-Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) Handheld Software-Defined Radio (SDR) Platform, known as the ER310 4. Solicitation Number: W911QX19R0038 5. Set-Aside Code: N/A 6. Response Date: 6/26/2019 7. Place of Performance: US Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground Adelphi Contracting Division Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate (SEDD) 2800 Powder Mill Road Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA 8. Description: The United States Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements based on the fact that the Contractor has worked in conjunction with the United States Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop the ER310 platform. The ER310 platform was developed by Echo Ridge, making it proprietary in nature. Furthermore, the Government requires a Contractor capable of developing GNU Radio test applications. Echo Ridge's ER310 platform is the only platform on the market (commercially available or otherwise) that is software compatible with industry-accepted development tools, such as the GNU radio. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with Echo Ridge, LLC, 6620 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX, 78238-5166, for Hardware and Software Development and Deliverables for a Low-Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) Handheld Software-Defined Radio (SDR) Platform, known as the ER310. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government does not intend to use FAR Part 12 for this acquisition. Responses to this notice are due on or before 26 June 2019 11:59 AM by email at Solomon.a.raphael.civ@mail.mil. Point of Contact for this notice is Solomon Raphael at 301-394-5351 and Solomon.a.raphael.civ@mail.mil or Steven Herr at 301-394-1606 and steven.c.herr2.ctr@mail.mil.