Combine Synopsis solicitation for sole source FAR 13 2.pdf

Subject: Combined Solicitation (Notice of Intent) & Synopsis is for First Alert Licenses.

Issuing Agency: United States Marshals Service (USMS)

Issuing Office: Office of Procurement 1215 S. Clark St Arlington, VA 22202

This notice is being issued to comply with FAR 5.102(a). This notice uses the combined synopsis/solicitation stated in FAR Part 5.203(a)(1) & (2).

A sole source award is intended to Dataminr, Inc. pursuant to 13.106-1(b)(1) based on Dataminr, Inc.

being the original source for the proprietary software. However, any interested party may provide a quote in response to this combined synopsis/solicitation. All quotes received will be fairly considered.

Description of the Requirement:

This requirement is for the First Alert Software as Service Subscription licenses. First Alert is a digital content search translation, and analysis tool which delivers news alerts which transforms publicly available information into actionable breaking news alerts, identifying the most relevant information in real time for members of the USMS.

NAICS Code: 513210

PSC: 7A21

Size Standard: $47M

Set Aside Status: Unrestricted

Quantity:

CLIN 1001: 200 First Alert user licenses

Period of Performance:

CLIN 1001: Two and half months from the effective date of the resulting contract action

Anticipated Award Date: No later than September 30, 2024

Instructions to Offerors:

Due Date and Time for Responses: September 27, 2024, no later than 4 pm Eastern Time.

Questions: All questions and quotes must be emailed to Angie Comstock, Angie.Comstock@usdoj.gov no later than 10 am Eastern Time on September 26, 2024.

Technical Capability: Offers must submit sufficient documentation showing it can provide equivalent licensing for First Alert is a digital content search translation, and analysis tool which delivers news alerts which transforms publicly available information into actionable breaking news alerts, identifying the most relevant information in real time for members of the USMS.

mailto:Angie.Comstock@usdoj.gov

First Alert Software as a Service (SaaS) is a digital content search, translation, and analysis tool which delivers news alerts. First Alert by Dataminr transforms publicly available information into actionable breaking news alerts, identifying the most relevant information in real time for members of the USMS. Users don’t have to watch a stream of information - the most actionable breaking news alerts find them, including the ones they don’t know they’re looking for alerts.

Tool maintains Twitter Official Data Partner affiliation and compliance with the Terms of Service and data use policies of all third party Publicly Available Information (PAI) data sources that are used. Intended Use - Search publicly available digital content, language translation, analyze and identify useful information.

The Dataminr AI platform processes billions of data units daily from publicly available information and translates from 100+ languages to deliver real-time, breaking news alerts from across the public information landscape, including regional and alternative social media, blogs and web forums, IoT sensors, audio transmissions, and the deep/dark web.

First Alert by Dataminr is currently the only SaaS solution in its category is approved by the ITD to be on the USMS network.

Price: The offeror must include a price for the CLIN above. See Justification For Other Than Full and Open Competition attached.

Point of Contact: The offeror must include a point of contact, phone and email, for questions related to the quote. The offeror is expected to be responsive and respond to any inquiries from the USMS Contracting Officer within 24 hours or less.

Submission of the Quote: All quotes must be emailed to Angie Comstock, Angie.Comstock@usdoj.gov by the date/time specified above.

Basis of Award: As stated above, a single award for these licenses is anticipated to be made on a sole source basis to Dataminr, Inc. as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation. If competition is received trade off will be used. The USMS will trade off capability, price, offerors terms and conditions to determine the best value to the Government. The offerors will be evaluated as follows:

Responsiveness: Partial submissions are not acceptable. The offeror must comply with the instructions stated in this solicitation.

Technical Capability: Technical acceptability is determined by the capabilities presented by the offeror.

Price Reasonableness: The Contracting Officer will conduct an evaluation of price reasonableness in accordance with FAR 13 as applicable.

Offerors Terms and Conditions: The offeror must include it commercial terms and conditions.

Be otherwise eligible to receive an award: The offeror must be determined responsible pursuant to the general standards in FAR 9.104, be registered in the System for Award

Management and otherwise eligible to receive an award.

The Government reserves the right to negotiate only with the apparently successful offeror. If the issues cannot be resolved, the apparently successful offeror will receive no further consideration for award and the Government reserves the right to negotiate with the next successful offeror. This process will continue until the Government has a successful offeror.

At the Contracting Officers discretion, incomplete quotes may be considered ineligible for award.

The standard commercial clauses will apply to the resulting purchase order: e.g. FAR 52.212-4, FAR

52.212-5 (applicable clauses will be indicated as appropriate in the purchase order), etc.

Electronic Invoicing: Electronic invoicing via the USMS IPP is required

Options for Increased Quantity: Options are not applicable to this requirement.