Avid Support NOI.pdf

31 August 2020

This is not a Request for Quote (RFQ) – This is a notice of intent. The Government intends to issue a sole source award contract to AVID Technology, Inc., providing direct manufacturer technical, software and hardware support to all Avid systems utilized throughout the DMA. The service provided is for 24X7 phone technical support unlimited web service, with 1 or 4 hour response time on appropriate equipment with 1 hour response time guaranteeing advanced hardware replacement. The performance period for the base requirement is 30 September 2020 – 29 September 2021, plus two option years.

The Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Media Activity (DMA) intends to award a sole source contract under the statutory authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2). ‘When the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, or, for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, from only one or a limited number of responsible sources, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, full and open competition need not be provided for’. DMA intends to issue a sole source contract to AVID Technology, Inc., 75 Network Dr Burlington, MA,01803-2756, United States. The anticipated support maintenance is required to be delivered by Sep. 30, 2020. The Government anticipates a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract.

This notice of intent is NOT a request for proposals or quotations. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by responding to this requirement via email in Microsoft Word format with a file size less than 5MB to Diamond Turner, Contract Specialist, via email: diamond.t.turner.ctr@mail.mil, Subject Line: Response to Sole Source Notice of Intent – Avid Assurance support; no later than 9:00 pm EDT, 15 September 2020.

All information submitted should support the offeror’s capability to provide the items required, and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses must be in writing and must provide clear and concise documentation indicating an offeror’s bona fide capability to provide these services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered.

mailto:diamond.t.turner.ctr@mail.mil

The Government reserves the right to cancel the Sole Source Award. The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334310 – Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing and standard size in employees is 750. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responses received within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any response should be emailed to Diamond Turner, Contract Specialist, via email:

diamond.t.turner.ctr@mail.mil.

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Keta S. Peterson Contracting Officer Defense Media Activity mailto:diamond.t.turner.ctr@mail.mil