Notice of Intent to Sole Source Award_VA AITC Uptime Institute Professional Services Organization Membership.pdf
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This is a Notice of Intent to Issue a Sole Source Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enterprise Procurement Office in Frederick, Maryland. The VA intends to negotiate with Uptime Institute Professional Services, LLC on a sole source basis for Data Center Professional Services Organization Membership. The procurement is being conducted on behalf of the Office of Information Technology's Austin Information Technology Center (AITC). The statutory authority for this non-competitive procurement is 41 U.S.C. § 3304(a)(1), which permits procurement from only one responsible source when no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The contract will be structured as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) simplified acquisition.
The applicable NAICS code is 813920 with a business size standard of $24 million in average annual receipts. Interested parties who believe they can provide the required services may submit a capability statement to the point of contact, Thomas Evans, at Thomas.evans3@va.gov. The deadline for all responses is July 31, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET. This notice is explicitly stated not to be a request for competitive proposals or quotes, and the Government retains sole discretion to determine whether to compete the contract based on responses received. The vendor's address is 405 Lexington Avenue, Floor 9, New York, NY 10174.
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enterprise Procurement Office – Frederick, MD
(EPO-F), on behalf of Office of Information Technology’s (OIT) Austin Information
Technology Center (AITC), intends to negotiate with Uptime Institute Professional
Services, LLC, 405 Lexington Ave, Floor 9, New York, NY 10174 on a sole source basis.
The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C.§
3304(a)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will
Satisfy Agency Requirements to procure Data Center Professional Services
Organization Membership.
The NAICS code is 813920, with a business size standard of $24M in average annual receipts. EPO-F anticipates negotiating and awarding an FFP contract (simplified acquisition) to Uptime Institute Professional Services, LLC, for the required Professional
Services.
This is a "Notice of Intent" and not a request for competitive proposals or quotes.
Interested parties that feel they can provide the services may respond to the point of contact listed in this notice with a capability statement no later than the date and time below. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government.
Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to
Thomas.evans3@va.gov . All responses to this notice of intent must be received at the above email address no later than July 31, 2026, at 5:00 pm ET.
mailto:Thomas.evans3@va.gov
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