NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

Project Title: Czarlite and RateWare XL software for Less than Truck Load (LTL) rate information

The Government hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source Firm-Fixed Price (FFP)

Purchase Order for a commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) web-based software service to Southern Motor

Carriers Association, Inc, a small business, for LTL rate benchmark and analysis for FEMA’s transportation application. The period of performance for this effort shall be a 12-month base period with four (4) 12-month option periods.

This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from placing an order on a competitive basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy

Agency Requirements, for this requirement. This hereby constitutes a synopsis of the proposed contract action for 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 FEMA’s Logistic Supply Chain Management Systems (LSCMS) carrier rates initiative.

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 Contracting Officer, Josh Jordan, at joshua.jordan@fema.dhs.gov via e-mail only (no 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 - Czarlite and RateWare XL for Less than Truck Load (LTL) rate information.

mailto:joshua.jordan@fema.dhs.gov