Notice of Intent to Sole Source

TITLE: FA2517-14-R-9002, Sole Source Acquisition for EDMSIM Licenses, Maintenance Agreement, and Exercise Support.

The 21st Contracting Squadron, Peterson AFB CO intends to award a sole source contract to Applied Training Solutions, LLC (ATS). The scope will be to purchase software licensing and maintenance, hardware configuration and maintenance, and Information Technology (IT) support during exercise execution; and exercise planning and execution support to include scenario development, Modeling and Simulation database tailoring, training audience instruction and support, role-playing and simulation of non-participant organizations, and capture of M&S lessons learned for Emergency and Disaster Management Simulation (EDMSIM) Software. The current EDMSIM software employed by North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) J7 Joint Training and Exercise Directorate (N-NC/J7) is a proprietary product of C4i Consulting, who has proprietary rights to all EDMSIM software to include upgrades and maintenance. C4i confirmed they only have one authorized US distributor who has the authority to sell or modify their software; this authorized distributor is ATS. Furthermore, only ATS can provide a trained and certified staff possessing the necessary certifications to operate and maintain the EDMSIM software. Since ATS is the exclusive licensor and as such is the only company able to provide the required modeling and simulation support to include licensing and maintenance of the EDMSIM software it is in the Government's best interest to procure this requirement as a sole source from ATS.

This purchase will be made under GSA FAR Part 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(B), Only One Source and Supplies or Services are Unique or Highly Specialized. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract lies solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. The closing date for this synopsis is 18 Apr 14 at 3:00 P.M. Mountain Standard Time. The anticipated award date is 20 Jun 14. For information regarding this purchase, please contact Sandra Sims at (719) 556-6560/ sandra.sims@us.af.mil or Aaron Caraway at (719) 556-6281/ aaron.caraway@us.af.mil. For full Intent to Sole Source document please view uploaded word document.