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Special Notice Special Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office

NCO 19

6162 South Willow Drive, Suite 300 Greenwood Village CO 80111

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Christine Jarvis christine.jarvis@va.gov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

ACRE/Feenics Gov Cloud Annual Software and Hardware Maintenance and Support

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE

-NONCOMPETITIVE-

Montana Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care Center (VAHCS) Physical Access Control System (PACS) ACRE/Feenics Gov Cloud Annual Software and Hardware Maintenance and Support

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 19, in support of Montana VAHCS intends to award a sole source contract to a single source, Facility Improvement Corporation (FICO) for services as described in -draft- Attachment A - Statement of Work (SOW).

The SOW provides for license, maintenance and support of Feenics Keep V3 AWS Enterprise GOV Cloud platform software developed by ACRE Security (Feenics Gov Cloud).Feenics Gov Cloud maintains the critical link between access control hardware and the AWS software environment. ACRE Security has identified Facility Improvement Corporation (FICO) as the State of Montana sole service provider for Feenics Gov Cloud software products and services as these products are proprietary and highly specialized and are software is serviced exclusively by authorized Feenics Certified Partners.

FICO will supply maintenance and support for the software, system equipment, card readers, strikes, door position switches, request to exit devices, power supplies, programming, and the system licenses to Montana VAHCS. Additionally, FICO shall provide programming support.

Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements per 41 USC §3304(a)(1) as implemented by RFO FAR 6.103-1.

The applicable NAICS Code is 518210 and the size-standard is $40 Million.

This special notice is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement and supporting evidence in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the draft SOW along with the Market Research Table Questionnaire.

The information received from respondents will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set-aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement.

Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not-to-compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the Contracting Officer will proceed with the sole source requirement to FICO.

No solicitation documents are available, and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirements it must furnish a capability statement and supporting evidence/information about its products, services, certified technicians, as well as authorization from the OEM to provide service (as described above and in the SOW) to the Contracting Officer by 10:00AM (Mountain Time) 6/19/2026.

The Government will consider responses received by the closing date of this notice.

RESPONSES TO THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE SHALL INCLUDE *ANSWERS/RESPONSES TO THE FOLLOWING:

*Failure to provide the capability evidence and the completed Market Research Table Questionnaire will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered a viable source.

Market Research Table Questionnaire NAICS Code:

Company Name:

Address:

UEI (Unique Entity ID) Number:

Contact Name:

Phone No.:

Email:

Business Size Information - Select all that applies:

· Small Business

· Emerging Small Business

· Small Disadvantaged Business

· Certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act

· HUBZone

· Woman Owned

· Certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small

· Veteran Owned Small Business

· Large Business

FSS/GSA Contract Number:

Effective Date/ Expiration Date:

Questions for Small Businesses ONLY:

Limitations on Subcontracting RFO 52.219-14

1. What percentage of the work would be subcontracted to another company? ________

2. What is the business size of the subcontractor?______

Per RFO 52.219-14 the following conditions must be met:

Services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract;

Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such supplies), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both supplies and services, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the supply portion of the contract.

See attached document: Attachment A - draft SOW.

Special Notice