SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- ChoicePoint Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 10/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 517919
— All Other Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, Virginia, 22219
- ZIP Code
- 22219
- Solicitation Number
- SAQMMA09R0001
- Point of Contact
- PATRICIA DAVIES,, Phone: 7038756054, Kaizan X Moneypenny,, Phone: 703-875-5250
- E-Mail Address
-
daviespa@state.gov, moneypennylk@state.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of State intends to negotiate a sole source contract with ChoicePoint Business & Government Services, Inc located at 1410 Spring Hill Road, Suite 400, McLean, VA 22102 for access to databases used for criminal and civil investigation, fraud investigation processing services and asset verification as well as other services. The base period of the contract will be one year with four option years. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The justifications for using this authority are: a) Only ChoicePoint is in a position to meet the above requirements without substantial and unacceptable delays for replacement of the software already installed at DoS facilities, and/or payment of development costs to meet the current level of functionality are prohibited. It is estimated that a minimum of one year’s development time would be required to replicate the current system’s functionality. In addition, the existing functionality that would otherwise be developed during this timeframe would be delayed. Additionally, if it were determined that the additional costs of development were acceptable, the delays in deployment are not acceptable because of significant security concerns that are being addressed by DoS. b) The software that is at the core of the system’s capability is proprietary and no third party access to maintenance is permitted. These capabilities of providing access to numerous investigative databases to domestic and overseas offices have been demonstrated by ChoicePoint. This demonstrated existing capability substantially reduces the technical risk associated with the proposed acquisition approach. c) The proposed solution minimizes costs by leveraging the State Department’s current investment in this critical investigative tool thus obviating the need to “standardize” by globally replacing one vendor’s equipment with another. This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and must provide evidence of their capability to respond to the requirement by October 23, 2008. All responses from responsible sources will be considered. Responses must include sufficient documentation to allow this office to evaluate the possibility of your firm to submit a valid proposal. The determination to open competition based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. All responses must be submitted in writing within 15 calendar days of publication of this notice. If your company has the capability to provide a proposal on this procurement action, please send email notification to daviespa@state.gov no later than 10 a.m. Thursday, 23 October 2008. Please provide the full company name, point of contact, telephone number, and email address. No phone calls will be accepted and voice mail messages will neither be acknowledged nor returned.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 1701 Fort Myer Drive, Rosslyn, Virginia, 22209, United States
- Zip Code: 22209
- Zip Code: 22209
- Record
- SN01689813-W 20081010/081008215029-6e2dc0ca398bd8838c2b09102af01b8b (fbodaily.com)
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