NOTICE_OF_INTENT_TO_AWARD_TO_A_SOLE_SOURCE.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SOLE SOURCE

Project Title: Large Scale Crowd Evacuation Modeling and Simulation

The Government hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source firm fixed price GSA Federal Supply

Schedule (FSS) task order for a commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) Evacuation Simulation Tool which provides rapid modeling capability of indoor and outdoor venues, which can then be utilized to analyze large scale crowd behavior for area ingress and egress. This award will be made to the following small business:

Regal Decision Systems, Inc.

1302 Concourse Drive, Suite 400

Linthicum, MD 21090

The period of performance for this effort will be 4-months. The total estimated value is less than $150,000.00.

This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from placing an order on a competitive basis pursuant to

FAR 8.405-2 for the aforementioned requirement based on the application of FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B). This hereby constitutes a synopsis of the options included in this requirement.

Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).

The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Information received will normally be considered for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.

This is NOT a request for quotes or proposals.

Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to the Contracting Officer, Shelby.Buford@hq.dhs.gov via e-mail only (phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question

Submission.

Future notices and announcements will be placed on FeDBizOpps www.FBO.gov mailto:Shelby.Buford@hq.dhs.gov http://www.fbo.gov/