The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, NH has a requirement for

Viscous Vortex Particle Method software developed by Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, Inc. to compute viscous and interactional effects for CRREL’s existing Rotorcraft Comprehensive Analysis software (RCAS).

ERDC-CRREL intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, Inc. upon the basis of the authority provided at FAR 13.106 (b)(1).

Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, Inc. was identified as the only vendor capable of offering a product meeting the requisite specifications and interoperability requirements with CRREL's existing RCAS software.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy.

Please provide responses to this notice NLT 12:00 PM CST, 18 JANUARY 2021 to:

William.A.McFarland@usace.army.mil

Telephone responses will not be accepted.

Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a

prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Note: In order to be eligible for award of a Government contract, vendors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), have no active exclusions, and complete the FAR and DFARS representations and certifications.