Notice of Intent to Sole Source.pdf

Identification Number: 75N97022R00005

Notice Type: Notice of Intent to Sole Source

Title: MAX DDOS Mitigation Services

Description

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) intends to award a non-competitive sole source purchase order to the State of Maryland to procure DDOS Mitigation Service.

DDoS Mitigation Service protects against DDoS attacks that aim to disrupt or disable critical network services. The attacks have been costly and a major threat to Network security. In each case, hacker flooded the network from multiple locations (addresses) which caused network, slowness, outages, and resources to dedicate hours to tracing and tracking of the cause. This protective service will be provided on existing ax Mid-Atlantic Crossroads equipment and circuits.

The proposed contract is for IT services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements" as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

All interested organizations may submit their capability statements and qualifications which will be considered by NLM. Responses must be in writing and must be submitted electronically to Derek Bowks, Contracting Officer at derek.bowks@nih.gov by 10:00 AM EST on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Proposals must include pricing information. No late responses will be accepted.

Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.