Maintenance and Enhancements on Staging Facility Inventory Management System (SFIMS) database software

Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ, intends solicit, negotiate, and award a sole source contract to General Dynamics Info Tech, Inc. (GDIT) of Falls Church, VA. The purpose of this contract action is to provide maintenance and upgrades to the existing Staging Facility Inventory Management System. This effort is strictly software code writing to transition from Oracle Forms to Microsoft .Net and future updates to the software to provide additional capabilities/enhancements. The current contract ends in October 2021 and due to its impact on Fleet Support Requirements and Operations, GDIT is the only source able to maintain uninterrupted support between the current contract and the new contract.The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of 10 USC 2304©(1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation Section 6.302-1, only one responsible source. FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(A) states services may be deemed to be available only from one responsible source when it is likely that award to any other source would result in a substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition.THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.  No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice.  All inquiries and concerns must be addressed to the Contract Specialist, Ms. Sheila Battaglia at sheila.l.battaglia.civ@us.navy.mil.  Responses to this notice must be submitted by 12 October 2021.  A determination not to compete this requirement is within the discretion of the