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The Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) requires access privileges for their employees, who hold the required security clearances and have legitimate need to know, to a Special Researc... The Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) requires access privileges for their employees, who hold the required security clearances and have legitimate need to know, to a Special Research Facility (SRF) and Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF). These facilities shall have all required certifications, staffing, communications, and security equipment required to enable conducting government research and other related activities with a classification of TOP SECRET/SCI. This equipment includes secure phone lines and video-conferencing functions. The resultant contract will be for funded for one year of access and also include two option years. CERL is located in Champaign, IL. Market research has found that the SRF and SCIF facilities at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus are the only such facilities available within 120 miles (an approximate two-hour drive) of CERL at which space can be rented that maintain compliance with the requirements of Department of Defense (DOD) Manual 5200.22-M (NISPOM), Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs) for the protection of SCI information, other SCI CSA requirements, and SRF Standard Practices and Procedures. No comparable facilities are available for CERL’s use within either the private or public sector. Therefore CERL intends to award a contract to the University of Illinois on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1). This is not a small business set aside. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will be in any way alter the Government’s acquisition strategy. Please provide responses to this notice no later than the Response time listed above in this notice, to: CERL-CT_QUOTES@usace.army.mil Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offers list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.