NOI-Watchtower Processor

PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a one-time, sole source, firm-fixed price purchase order with Collins Aerospace, Simpsonville, SC 29681 for the purpose of procuring WatchTowerTM Processor Part#: 8X00184-001-RC. The WatchTowerTM processor is manufactured by Collins Aerospace who also is the owner of the LightLOC system utilized by the FBI and Collins Aerospace owns the proprietary rights to the monitoring of the LightLOC system. WatchTowerTM is not available on the commercial market and is only sold to government agencies and high security sites. WatchTowerTM is the publisher, holder of all copyrights, and sole source for this product. Furthermore, Collins Aerospace is the exclusive distributor for this product, and is the sole source for support, maintenance, training, and updates. Portions of the products are protected by trade secrets and are unique to WatchTowerTM. The product name WatchTowerTM is trademarked and this specific product must be purchased directly from Collins Aerospace. No other entities currently have rights to distribute, sell, support, or profit from WatchTowerTM in any way. Collins Aerospace is the only company with access to the source code and product structure. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement by contacting Randall B. Bradford via email only at RBBradford@fbi.gov, no later than 1:00pm (Central) on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Responses sent via other means (i.e. via telephone call, facsimile transmission, etc.) will not be considered. Information received will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is at the discretion of the Government.