NOI_IBM SPSS_FA700024Q0086.pdf

Notice of Intent

Notice of Intent to Sole Source FA700024Q0086

This is a special notice is prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 5.2 - Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The contracting office for this notice is the 10th Contracting Squadron, USAF Academy, CO 80840.

The US Air Force Academy (USAFA) intends to award a sole source commercial contract using simplified acquisition procedures in accordance with FAR parts 12 & 13 to International Business Machines Corp., a large business headquartered at 6710 Rockledge Dr., Bethesda, MD 20817. The authority for this non-competitive award is 10 USC 2304(c)(1), only one responsible source. The NAICS code for this requirement is 513210. The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is $47.0 million. This notice incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2024-05 effective 22 May 2024.

The Government has deemed International Business Machines Corp. to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance.

1. Only one responsible source and no other item will satisfy the USAFA requirement.

2. The United States Air Force Academy currently has a requirement for IBM SPSS software that has the following minimum capabilities:

• Open and natively edit existing SPSS programs.

• Be in sync with the most common statistics programs at Air Force Academy Behavior Science labs.

• Must be downloadable to Government and personal computers.

• Present the most common behavioral scientific statistical procedures, aligned with the most common behavioral methodologies and studies.

• Create data files, tables, and plots that present the results of numerical solution programs.

• A variety of built in functions and subroutines nicely suited to the Air Force Academy’s course objectives.

3. Anticipated award on 18 August 2024 as a Firm-Fixed-Price Definitive Contract.

Based upon the information above, there is only one solution that meets USAFA’s requirement. Therefore, the contracting officer has determined that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available IAW FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

REQUIREMENT:

Line item Description Quantity Unit of Issue 0001 IBM SPSS Statistics Premium Campus Edition license:

1 Sep 2024– 31 Aug 2025

1 EA

1001 IBM SPSS Statistics Premium Campus Edition license:

1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2026

1 EA

2001 IBM SPSS Statistics Premium Campus Edition license:

1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2027

1 EA

3001 IBM SPSS Statistics Premium Campus Edition license:

1 Sep 2027 – 31 Aug 2028

1 EA

4001 IBM SPSS Statistics Premium Campus Edition license:

1 Sep 2028 – 31 Aug 2029

1 EA

A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. Based on previous market research conducted, the Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. This synopsis is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals. DO NOT submit a bid/quote at this time.

All responsible sources may submit a capability statement. Interested concerns must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Responses and questions shall be submitted to dawson.hopkinson@us.af.mil and ronald.wilson.26@us.af.mil no later than 10:00 AM, MDT on 7 August 2024. Responses received after this will be considered late IAW FAR 52.212-1(f) and will not be evaluated.

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Notice of Intent

Contractors must have a current registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://sam.gov/ to be eligible for award. The Government bears no legal liability for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.

Point of contacts are Dawson Hopkinson and Ronald Wilson:

dawson.hopkinson@us.af.mil ronald.wilson.26@us.af.mil

OMBUDSMAN (OCT 2019)

(a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the interested party to another official who can resolve the concern.

(b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions).

(c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, the interested party may contact the ombudsman, James Anderson 8110 Industrial Drive, Ste 103

USAFA, CO 80840

Telephone number 719-333-3829

FAX 719-333-9018

Email: james.anderson.72@us.af.mil

Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the Center/MAJCOM/DRU/SMC ombudsman level, may be brought by the interested party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (571) 256-2395, facsimile number (571) 256-2431.

(d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency.

(e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the contracting officer.

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