Special Notice- Intent to Sole Source a Maintenance, Calibration, and Support for Certain Gerber Systems

U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Division in support of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Soldier Center (DEVCOM-SC) intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract on a sole source basis to Gerber Technology LLC located at 24 Industrial Park Road West, Tolland, CT 06084-2806 under the authority prescribed in FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

The requirement is for the purchase of the maintenance, calibration, and support for the hardware and software for certain Gerber Systems at Natick Soldier Systems Center for a base year, four option years, and an option to extend services up to six-months.

The Gerber Systems are manufactured by Gerber Technology LLC and it has been determined as the only viable contractor for this effort. Other vendors have been considered, but Gerber Technology directly provides maintenance, calibration, and support for these systems and does not license service representatives from other companies; no equivalent products or services that will meet the Government’s requirements are known.

The limiting competition document for this action has been attached to this notice. It contains further information about the Government’s requirement and justification.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 811490 – Other Personal and House Goods Repair and Maintenance and the size standard is $9,000,000.00 in gross revenue.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. No solicitation document is available.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by sending responses regarding this requirement to the Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Division (CCAP‑DDN) via EMAIL ONLY to BOTH Edmund J. Bousaleh, Contract Specialist, at edmund.j.bousaleh.civ@army.mil, and Alejandro Ayala, Contracting Officer, at alejandro.ayala.civ@army.mil no later than 1300 HRS EDT 8 AUGUST 2025. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Notice will be solely at the expense of the interested party.