SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Sole Source Notice: Adobe Creative Cloud Enterprise ETLA- 1 Year Subscription - Sole Source Notice
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES (USUHS), 4301 JONES BRIDGE ROAD, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814-4799, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20814-4799
- Solicitation Number
- HU0001-17-Q-0280
- Point of Contact
- Nicole Rodenbaugh, Phone: 301-295-3127
- E-Mail Address
-
nicole.rodenbaugh@usuhs.edu
(nicole.rodenbaugh@usuhs.edu)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole Source Notice The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good. We serve the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service, and consultation; we are unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military medical readiness. USU is located in Bethesda, MD on the grounds of the Naval Support Activity Bethesda. USU intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Digital Information Services, LLC, located in Potomac, MD for the Adobe Creative Cloud site licenses via Enterprise Term Licensing Agreement (ETLA) licensing structure offered to the Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium (MEEC) member schools. These site licenses will be procured in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 12-Commercial Items and FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Sole source determination is made in accordance with: FAR Part 13.106-1 Soliciting Competition (b) Soliciting from a single source (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. The mission of USU is to provide the highest quality education programs in the health sciences to those selected individuals who demonstrate dedication to a health profession career in the Uniformed Services. As such, it is essential USU provide the necessary training and equipment required for our students to become successful doctors and nurses and to be able to provide the best care possible for our soldiers and to support our research efforts. The Adobe Creative Cloud for members of MEEC include access for USU faculty, staff and students to the latest Adobe creative applications and services as listed: •Design Tools (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Extension Manager, Adobe InCopy, Adobe XI Pro); •Web Tools (Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash Professional, Adobe Flash Builder Premium Edition, Adobe Fireworks); •Video and Audio Tools (Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, Adobe SpeedGrade, Adobe Prelude, Adobe Encore, Adobe Media Encoder); •Creative Cloud Exclusive (Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Muse, Adobe Edge Animate, Adobe Edge Inspect, Adobe Code Preview, Adobe Edge Reflow, Adobe Edge Web Fonts, Adobe Scout, Cloud Storage, Collaboration Tools). This subscription also includes enterprise deployment tools, new features and upgrades as soon as the products become available. USU's Adobe enterprise license covers campus installations and two work from home installations for faculty, staff and students. Over 2,500 faculty, staff, and students must be able to execute the mission of USU daily utilizing "standard" desktop software products for campus, personal and work at home use. To fulfill requirements to update all University wide Adobe software products, a site license is needed to apply designated software upgrades/patches across the network. There are no other vehicles that provide these products and services at the reduced academic pricing of $30 per seat for faculty and staff and $18 per seat for students. MEEC selected Digital Information Services through a competitive bid process to sell Adobe Creative Cloud ETLAs to MEEC member schools in good standing. MEEC is the only organization of its kind and membership in this organization enhances the mission of USUHS. For these reasons MEEC's Adobe Creative Cloud reseller, Digital Information Services, is the only source reasonably available to meet this requirement. This is not a request for quotes and a solicitation package will not be issued. Sources interested in responding to this requirement must be able to provide compelling evidence that they can provide the abovementioned requirement as specified. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contractual action based upon responses received is solely within the discretion of the government. Responses must be received via email (nicole.rodenbaugh@usuhs.edu) by 3:00 p.m. EST on October 18, 2016.
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