SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source Mathematica Software
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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
- FA700018T0076
- Archive Date
- 8/17/2018
- Point of Contact
- Kelly Reyes,
- E-Mail Address
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kelly.reyes.4@us.af.mil
(kelly.reyes.4@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The 10 th Contracting Squadron, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Colorado intends to make a Sole Source award to Wolfram, Inc. for the renewal of Mathematica Campus License for a period of 12 months (28 August 2018 - 27 August 2019). 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 Wolfram Research Mathematica Campus License for a 12 month period (28 August 2018 - 27 August 2019) Sole Source Justification: Only one responsible source and no other item will satisfy the USAFA requirement. USAFA has obtained Mathematica licenses from Wolfram Research, Inc. since 1994. This software is important to the Academy mission and is used by faculty and cadets in multiple academic departments (Math, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Aero, Engineering Mechanics). This software is also used by researchers in Physics. All software is copyright protected. A typical software license grants an end-user permission to use one or more copies of software. Wolfram Research has proprietary rights to this software and directly provides all upgrades, patches, and releases for the software, and all technical support. 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. Authorized third-party providers of the software are not allowed to provide the license and maintenance support. Award of this contract to another company is not possible, and lack of maintenance will jeopardize the performance of this critical educational mission. For the reasons stated above product licenses and upgrades must be sole source/brand specific. In this case, only one source, Wolfram Research, Inc. is able to provide the software and maintenance 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 Mathematica Campus License 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 1:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) on 16 Aug 2018. 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/pub lic/SAM/ Questions should be addressed to Kelly Reyes, kelly.reyes.4@us.af.mil. CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL T EXT: 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, orthe 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: 2345 FAIRCHILD DR, USAFA, Colorado, 80840, United States
- Zip Code: 80840
- Zip Code: 80840
- Record
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