Maintenance Agreement for EMB-TOC Equipment

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate a contract on a
sole source basis with HA Design Group, L.L.C., Springfield, VA. The purpose of the contract is for the maintenance of equipment end items and associated firmware/software of the system, located at the NIH Events Management Branch Television Operations Center (EMB-TOC). The EMB-TOC project upgrade was designed and installed in late 2015 and early 2016 with a three-year warranty/maintenance package. The package included the upkeep of the equipment as well as quick response servers. The warranty has expired, and HA Design Group is the sole vendor with the corporate knowledge of the equipment hardware and software as installed in the TOC. To avoid any warranty infractions and maintain system integrity, certified HA Design Group technicians are required for the support services. Execution of this maintenance contract would ensure 100% reliability of the system integrity and functionality for all projects associated with EMB clients from the NIH, HHS and world-wide.
Responses
The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the
Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the
authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b). If you believe you can provide the items or
services, please forward capability statements to john.alozie@nih.gov by 5pm
(ET) on Friday, February 08, 2019 and reference solicitation number
NIHOLAO-OD3-NOI-5247635.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract
acquisition based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion
of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for
the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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
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the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered
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sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government
reserves the right to use any nonproprietary technical information in any
resultant solicitation(s).

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