IBM QRadar Technical Refresh and Optimization Services

The Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS)/Regional Contracting Office (RCO) Key West, Florida, intends to negotiate a single source contract with International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation.

The proposed action is a technical refresh order for the IBM QRadar Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), hardware, software, installation and continuing administration services of the NIPR and SIPR solution at the JIATFS compound located at Truman Annex, NAS Key West, Florida.

The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, 41 U.S.C. 1901 as implemented by FAR Subpart 13.5.

This notice is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document will be posted for this requirement. Interested parties may submit technical capability statement along with business profile to Hannah Montoya, Contract Specialist, at hannah.montoya.civ@mail.mil by 12:00 PM ET, September 12, 2018.

All statements received by the closing date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government to initiate a competitive solicitation based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. The determination not to compete this 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.
Questions or comments to this notice should be directed to Hannah Montoya, Contract Specialist, via e-mail only (no phone calls/voice mail messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response).

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