The Government hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source firm fixed price task order for repair of six MK75 WEAPONS SYSTEM RECUPERATOR ASSEMBLY.Company Name: Ares, Inc.It is the belief of the government that this company is the sole source to fulfill the need of one responsible source to satisfy agency requirement for repair of six MK75 WEAPONS SYSTEM RECUPERATOR ASSEMBLY.(See attached justification [JOTFOC])The total estimated value is less than $94,165.00.This sole source contracting action is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(a)(1)(iii) and 6.303-2 modified to reflect procedures in 13.5 (a)(i).This hereby constitutes a synopsis of the item/s included in this requirement.Ares, Inc.SMALL BUSINESS; NAICS 332994; STANDARD SIZE 1000.Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objectives.The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government.Information received will be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive solicitation for future requirements regarding this repair of six MK75 WEAPONS SYSTEM RECUPERATOR ASSEMBLY.The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.This is NOT a request for quotes or proposals.Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to Contracting Officer, Nancy Owens, at nancy.a.owens@uscg.mil via e-mail only (no phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Thank