SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Google Earth
- Notice Date
- 8/31/2007
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 423430
— Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, 21CONS (Bldg 982), Base Support Flight 700 Suffolk Street, STE 1200, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-1200, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-F3LNSA7228AC01PAUL
- Response Due
- 9/4/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2007
- Description
- The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 48 Hours after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally by considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Sole Source is based upon the sole source justification document below. MEMORANDUM FOR 21 CONS/LGCB DATE: 28 August 2008 FROM: USNORTHCOM (NC/SJFHQ-N) SUBJECT: Sole Source Justification Letter 1. Request the sole source purchase of the following item from the source indicated below: USNORTHCOM requests a sole source procurement of 15 Google Earth license seats from Google Incorporated (http://earth.google.com/earth_pro.html) at $___ per license. 2. Sole Source Justification: a. Authority: IAW FAR part 6.302-1(a)(2); (2) When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source for DOD from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for. (i) Supplies or services may be considered to be available from only one source if the source has submitted an unsolicited research proposal that -- (A) Demonstrates a unique and innovative concept or demonstrates a unique capability of the source to provide the particular research services proposed; (B) Offers a concept or services not otherwise available to the Government; and, (C) Does not resemble the substance of a pending competitive acquisition. (See 10 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)(A) and 41 U.S.C. 253(d)(1)(A). b. Cited Source is the only source that will meet minimum government requirements. Based on mission requirement, Google Earth is the only company to aggregate a national database of contiguous US imagery, geographic features, roads, and business listings; Google Earth provides not only enterprise software but also complete solutions with integrated data. Google Earth is the standard software used at NorthCom and to stay compatible with systems already preexistent, Google Earth is the only supply/service that will satisfy our requirement.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Peterson AFB
- Zip Code: 80914
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 80914
- Record
- SN01392279-W 20070902/070831221535 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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