SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Solidworks Academic Research and Education Ed Software License Renewal
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2017
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Units, USAF Academy - 10 CONS, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, Colorado, 80840-2315, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80840-2315
- Solicitation Number
- FA7000-17-P-0110
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2017
- Point of Contact
- Miles Montgomery, Phone: 7193338093
- E-Mail Address
-
louis.montgomery.2@us.af.mil
(louis.montgomery.2@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The 10th Contracting Squadron, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Colorado intends to make a Sole Source award to Career & Technical Training, LLC located in Windsor, CO for the renewal of Solidworks Academic Research License and Solidworks Education Edition License for a period of 12 months (01 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2018). This procurement is for the acquisition of a sole source commercial item using simplified procedures in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) number is 511210 and the business size standard is $38.5 million. Requirement: Renewal of the USAFA Solidworks Academic and Research Software Licenses for a period of 12 months (01 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2018). Sole Source Justification: Only one responsible source and no other item will satisfy the USAFA requirement. Career & Technical Training, LLC is the only vendor authorized by Solidworks to sell this product to the USAF Academy. USAFA has obtained Solidworks licenses from Career & Technical Training LLC for the past six years. This software is important to the Academy mission and is used by faculty and cadets in multiple academic departments. Solidworks has proprietary rights to this software. The main characteristic of proprietary software licenses is that the software publisher grants a license to use the software, but ownership of those copies remains with the software publisher. One consequence of this feature of proprietary software licenses is that virtually all rights regarding the software are reserved by the software publisher. Solidworks has an established network of authorized resellers and has informed the USAF Academy that Career & Technical Training LLC is the only vendor authorized to sell this product to the USAF Academy. Award of this contract to another company is not possible. For the reasons stated above product licenses and upgrades must be sole source/brand specific. In this case, only one source, Career & Technical Training LLC is able to provide the software required. This synopsis is for notification purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals. DO NOT submit a bid/quote at this time. Any interested parties believing they can provide the required aforementioned Solidworks software licenses with all specifications of the requirement described above may provide evidence for consideration. Evidence must support the company's claim. All qualified sources may submit a response, which if timely received, will be considered by this agency. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement can be conducted. A determination not to compete this proposed procurement based on response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses must be received NLT 11:59 AM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) on 29 Aug 2017. Responses received after this will be considered late IAW FAR 52.212-1(f) and will not be evaluated. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this announcement. Contractors must have a current registration within the System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ Questions should be addressed to both Susan Hashemi, Contracting Officer, (719) 333-8059 and Miles Montgomery, Contract Specialist, (719) 333-8093 or sent via e-mail to susan.hashemi@us.af.mil and louis.montgomery.2@us.af.mil. CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT: 5352.201-9101 Ombudsman (Jun 2016): (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the USAF Academy Ombudsmen: James Anderson 8110 Industrial Drive, Ste 103 USAFA, CO 80840 Telephone number 719-333-2072 FAX 719-333-9018 email: james.anderson.72@usafa.af.mil Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer (End of clause)
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80840, United States
- Zip Code: 80840
- Zip Code: 80840
- Record
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