J041--Notice of Intent to Sole Source Acquisition: WebCTRL® Building Automation System Maintenance Services Lovell FHCC, North Chicago, Illinois

Notice of Intent to Sole-Source an Acquisition

Pursuant to FAR subpart 13.5, in accordance with 41 U.S.C. § 1901, the Government anticipates entering into sole-source procurement negotiations with Automated Logic Contracting Services, Inc. d/b/a ALCS to provide maintenance services for its WebCTRL® Building Automation System ( WebCTRL® ) located at the Captain James V. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064. WebCTRL® is manufactured by ALCS, and the service technician training and certification, parts, and software required to maintain and operate WebCTRL® are all proprietary. ALCS has not licensed any other entity to provide this training, parts, and software in the United States.

The above-cited authority and associated justification is made based on the determination that Government s requirements for this contract can only be satisfied by one source with unique capabilities. Any other business or person may identify their interest and capability in fulfilling this requirement by responding to this Notice by e-mail to Robert.Knight1@va.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. local time, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes/proposals; however, all communications received by the deadline will be considered by the Government. Information received as a result of this Notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition is solely within the discretion of the Government. No solicitation document is available at this time.