NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS TO NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES (NIBS)

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENT TO AWARD ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS TO NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES (NIBS) Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, VA intends to award a sole source contract to National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), 1090 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC. to provide the Design Review and Checking System (DrChecks) and Bidder Inquiry, applications that are part of ProjNet, an integrated suite of secure, on-demand, design review, inquiry and comment, issue resolution, communications and document archiving tools, managed by NIBS. This sole source requirement meets the conditions of FAR 6.302-5, authorized or required by statute; Public Law 93-383, codified at 12 U.S.C. 1701j-2 provides authorization to contract directly with NIBS. This Notice of Intent is not a request for Expressions of Interest (EOIs), proposals, or quotations. No solicitation documentation exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of EOIs, proposals, or quotations received in response to this notice. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This synopsis is for notification purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids, quotes, or proposals. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 518210, Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services. The Small Business size standard is $32.5 million. NIBS is a large business under the applicable NAICS. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This synopsis does not constitute a solicitation; however, if any interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and must contain clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If parties choose to respond, any cost associated with preparation and submission of data or any other cost incurred in response to this announcement are the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government. A request for documentation will not be considered as an affirmative response. The Government will be the sole determiner regarding a company’s ability to meet all requirements. If no responses are received within one week, to the effect that obtaining services from an alternate source is more advantageous to the Government than obtaining these services through a sole-source contract, then a firm fixed price sole source award will be made to NIBS. No questions will be addressed. All responses must be submitted to the Government point of contact at the following email address: amber.forehand@navy.mil. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The anticipated award date is 30 June 2017. Point of contact for this purchase is Amber Forehand-Hughes; email address: amber.forehand@navy.mil; or telephone: 757-322-8336.