NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - ESPRIT SOFTWARE LICENSE

The Fleet Readiness Center Procurement Group Patuxent River, MD 20650 hereby gives notice of their intent to award a purchase order to Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligene Inc (CAGE 1WUK4) on a sole source basis in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, only one source reasonably available and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
The Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) Cherry Point, NC has a requirement to procure (6) six licenses of DP Technology ESPRIT software in support of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining equipment and Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) machining equipment on the RDT&E Network.  DP Technology was acquired by Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Inc., however DP Tecnology does not work with any third-party vendors to provide support for their products. For this reason, the government intends to procure these services on a sole source basis from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Inc.  (CAGE 1WUK4)

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which, if received within five (5) calendar days after the date of the publication of this synopsis, will be considered. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses received as a result of this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Point of contact for this requirement is Jenna Lang, jenna.l.lang2.civ@us.navy.mil.