NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE for Graduway Service Agreement.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT

Under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) The College of Distance Education CDE Naval War College has a requirement for Graduway Service in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. Under the authority of 10 USC 2304c 1 pursuant to FAR 13.106-1b1(i), the product or services needed by the agency are available from only one responsible source or only from a limited number of responsible sources and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the agency.

A determination not to compete this proposed contract is based on market research and is solely within the discretion of the government.

As evidenced in the sole source justification provided by the requiring activity there is only one contractor that has the specific qualifications that meet the peculiar requirements of this contract.

Graduways certifies they are the sole provider of their software and services and cannot be obtained through another vendor. The Graduway product is fully integrated with the U.S. Naval War College’s official portal such as library database resources, student records databases, learning management systems, etc. No other platform is capable of providing the required information NWC needs without risk of data loss.

The Contractor identified is Headhunter Systems Limited

Period of Performance: DOA-1 Year

Option Period: 1 Year, 2023-2024

The NAICS code is 511210 Software Publishers and small business size of $41.5M

A Request for Quote is expected to be released on 17 May 2022 with a response date of 27 May 2022 at 10:00 am (EST).

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition FAC 2022-04 Effective: January 30, 2022.

The NAICS code is 511210 and small business size standard is $41,500,000.00. Although this is a sole source requirement, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency to Andrea.albanese@usnwc.edu no later than 27 May 2022 at 10:00 am EST. No phone calls please. If no responses are received by the above referenced date/time, a sole source contract will be awarded no later than 31 May 2022.