J059--Motorola Radio Maintenance Agreement

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

36C24922Q0639

On behalf of the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 9 is issuing this Intent to Sole Source. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to award a Firm Fixed Price award to a single source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, to Motorola Solutions, Inc.

The James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Mountain Home, TN has a requirement for corrective and preventative maintenance services of existing hardware and software components and configuring hardware and software to site-specific parameters for 6 USC 194 Project 25 compliant proprietary Motorola ASTRO 25 L1 Core Police Radio System components and NICE Logging Recorder/Playback Station. Included in maintenance: GCP 8000 site controller, switch/gateway, on (1) NM Client, two (2) MCC 7500 Dispatch Consoles, one (1) 4- channel GTR 8000 repeater site, two (2) conventional GTR 8000 repeaters, four (4) APX 7500 consulates, and MCC 7500 IP NICE Logging Recorder/Playback Station. The contractor shall provide equipment (software and hardware) and services for procurement, installation, maintenance, and operator training on the system for administration, registration, provisioning/de-provisioning, alarm processing, and event log generation, and show that registration, provisioning, and subsequent use of a Police radio credential is completed with certificate validation. The prospective contractor shall provide full-service maintenance at the following locations:

Facility

Street

City

State, Zip

JHQVAMC

Lamont Street and Veterans Way

Mountain Home

TN, 37684

WCTVAOC

8033 Ray Mears Blvd

Knoxville

TN, 37919

WCTVAOC Annex I

1557 Downtown West Blvd

Knoxville

TN, 37919

WCTVAOC Annex II

1519 Downtown West Blvd

Knoxville

TN, 37919

WCTVAOC Annex III

1612 Downtown West Blvd

Knoxville

TN, 37919

NCO 9 intends to award this requirement as a sole source purchase order under the provision of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 to Motorola Solutions, Inc. Based on market research, the required service can only be purchased from Motorola Solutions, Inc. These are Proprietary Source Products supported solely by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Therefore, the sole source award to Motorola Solutions, Inc. is in the best interest of the government. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 811213 with a size standard of $12.0 million. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes. Any vendor who believes it can meet the requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by August 31, 2022, at 08:00 am CDT. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to loren.love@va.gov. A determination not to compete the proposed order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.

SAM: Interested parties shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) as prescribed in FAR Clause 52.232-33. SAM information can be obtained by accessing the internet at www.sam.gov or by calling 1-866-606-8220.