SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Direct User Access Terminal Service (DUATS)
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, ATO-A/ASU340 FAA Headquarters (ASU)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 4357
- Response Due
- 8/25/2005
- Archive Date
- 9/24/2005
- Description
- The purpose of this announcement is to inform industry of the FAA's decision to award a modification to extend the current Direct User Access Terminal Service (DUATS) contract. The period of performance is for a base period of nine (9) months with a one (1) three month option period. DUATS, a configuration item of the National Airspace System (NAS) modernization program is a weather briefing and flight plan service for pilots. It is projected that the FS-21, to be deployed at the AFSS's by Lockheed Martin (LM) will not support the DUATS requirements until the February 2006 time frame. Sufficient time of at least four to five months would also have to be allowed after February to accommodate a smooth transition. Administrative and technical costs would be incurred if a full and open competition were conducted. Costs far out weigh any benefits that would be derived from a competition. Even if it were possible to award a full and open competition by October 1, 2005, it would not be cost effective, since the period of performance would only be for a period of six (6) months (February 2006, when FS-21 will support the DUATS requirements). Given these circumstances, a full and open competition is not prudent. Therefore, the agency intends to extend the DUATS contracts with the current two service providers - CSC Information Systems, LLC (CSC) and Data Transformation Corporation (DTC) until June 30, 2006 with an option to extend performance an additional three (3) months, or until September 30, 2006.
- Web Link
-
FAA Contract Opportunities
(http://www.asu.faa.gov/faaco/index.cfm?ref=4357)
- Record
- SN00873562-W 20050820/050818212036 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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