Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source to Vulnerability Research Labs

N66001-21-Q-6076 – Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source to Vulnerability Research Labs

This synopsis is hereby issued in accordance with FAR Part 5.201. The purpose of this synopsis is to

announce the Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific's intent to award

a commercial, Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order on a noncompetitive basis with Vulnerability Research

Labs, LLC (VRL) of Columbia, MD.

The requirement is for software maintenance for VRL's Ganon computer software. The maintenance

includes bug fixes, vulnerabilities, customizations, OS compatibility, new features, and technical

exchanges. The required maintenance will be for a 12-month base period and two, 12-month options.

The Government intends to negotiate solely with VRL under the authority of FAR Part 13.5, Simplified

Procedures for Certain Commercial Items. The justification is as follows. The Government is required to

upkeep/update currently employed tools, which includes VRL's Ganon software, while also integrating

additional toolsets into their cyberspace capabilities. Indeed, the software has become integrated into an

overall suite of cyberspace weapons. However, the software is proprietary commercial computer software

owned by VRL and the Government is not authorized to use or distribute VRL's software to any third party

other than U.S. Government agencies outside of the maintenance arrangement contemplated in the

proposed award. This software maintenance is also tied to a larger development effort that cannot move

forward without updates to the toolkit. Searching for a brand new vendor will require complete rework of

this portion of the larger development effort and will significantly delay and detrimentally impact current

offensive cyberspace missions.

Based on the approved Justification and Approval (J&A) (which will be posted after award), the agency has

identified only one responsible source and no other supplier will satisfy agency requirements.

The applicable NAICS Code is 511210 "Software Publishers" and the business size standard is

$41,500,000.00.

Please be advised that the aforementioned information is anticipatory in nature and is not binding.

This notice is not a request for competitive quotes; however, interested parties may identify their interest

and capabilities in response to this synopsis. Any responses, comments, questions, or concerns regarding

this notice shall be submitted via e-mail ONLY to ryan.t.daniels@navy.mil by 18 Dec 2020. All responses

received before this date will be considered by the Government for the purpose of determining whether to

conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete based upon

responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

To respond to this announcement, you must be registered to the NIWC E-Commerce website at https://e-

commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil and upload your inquiry under NIWC Pacific/Simplified

Acquisitions/N66001-20-Q-6076.

All responding vendors must be registered to the System for Award Management (SAM). Information can

be found at https://www.sam.gov. Complete SAM registration means a registered DUNS and CAGE Code

numbers. Questions by phone or fax will not be considered.

Cognizant Contracting Office: NIWC Pacific, 53560 Hull St. San Diego, CA 92152

Contract Specialist: Ryan Daniels, ryan.t.daniels@navy.mil

Contracting Officer: David Roden, david.roden@navy.mil