15 Notice of Intent for Sole-Source.pdf

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes or solicitation for offers. Letters and phone calls will not be accepted and will be considered non-responsive to this announcement.

Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to award a sole source purchase order to Qintel LLC, Inc., 322 North Shore Drive Suite 300, Pittsburg, PA 15203 for obtaining the following Qintel’s product: Platform Blue Web Subscription. The web subscription will be used by the IRS-CI Cyber & Forensic Services Section (C&FS) is to support large-scale criminal investigations of a financial nature involving cyber or and/or cryptocurrency components. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority FAR 13.500(a) not exceeding the $7.5M threshold. The proposed contract will be awarded as a commercial item in accordance with FAR Part 12 for a period of twelve (12) months with one (1) renewable option year.

Due to the uniqueness of this requirement, no other web subscription research tool is acceptable.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. A written solicitation will not be issued, and quotes are not being requested.

Approval:

Hassan A. Villalba Contracting Officer