NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE for Imagine Geospatial Software Licenses

COMBO SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

1.  Class Code:  7A

2.  NAICS Code:  513210

3.  Subject:  Imagine Geospatial Software Licenses

4.  Solicitation Number:  W911QX-24-Q-0269

5.  Set-Aside Code:  N/A

6.  Response Date:  Five (5) business days after posting date

7.  Place of Delivery/Performance: 

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

                              Aberdeen Proving Ground

                              Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005

8. 

                    (i)  This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.  This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

INTENT TO SOLICIT ONLY ONE SOURCE

The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government is soliciting and negotiating with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.  The name of the company the Government intends to award a contract to is Hexagon US Federal, 301 Cochran Road, Huntsville, AL 35824, CAGE Code 63CL1.  This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals.  However, the Government will consider all proposals received prior to the closing date and time of this solicitation.

                    (ii)  The solicitation number is W911QX-24-Q-0269.  This acquisition is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

                    (iii)  The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-06 (July 31, 2024).

                    (iv)  The associated NAICS code is 513210.  The small business size standard is $47,000,000

                    (v)   The following is a list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure, (including option(s), if applicable): 

CLIN 0001 EACH:  Four (4) Imagine Professional MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Expansion Pack licenses, four (4) Imagine Objective MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Adv-Pro to Imagine Photogrammetry MNT licenses, and four (4) Imagine DSM Extractor MNT licenses, each license for one (1) 12 month subscription period.

CLIN 0002 EACH:  Four (4) Imagine Professional MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Expansion Pack licenses, four (4) Imagine Objective MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Adv-Pro to Imagine Photogrammetry MNT licenses, and four (4) Imagine DSM Extractor MNT licenses, each license for one (1) 12 month subscription period.  (Option Year 1).

CLIN 0003 EACH:  Four (4) Imagine Professional MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Expansion Pack licenses, four (4) Imagine Objective MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Adv-Pro to Imagine Photogrammetry MNT licenses, and four (4) Imagine DSM Extractor MNT licenses, each license for one (1) 12 month subscription period.  (Option Year 2).

CLIN 0004 EACH:  Four (4) Imagine Professional MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Expansion Pack licenses, four (4) Imagine Objective MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Adv-Pro to Imagine Photogrammetry MNT licenses, and four (4) Imagine DSM Extractor MNT licenses, each license for one (1) 12 month subscription period.  (Option Year 3).

CLIN 0005 EACH:  Four (4) Imagine Professional MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Expansion Pack licenses, four (4) Imagine Objective MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Adv-Pro to Imagine Photogrammetry MNT licenses, and four (4) Imagine DSM Extractor MNT licenses, each license for one (1) 12 month subscription period.  (Option Year 4).

                    (vi)  Description of requirements:  The Contractor shall provide four (4) Imagine Professional MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Expansion Pack licenses, four (4) Imagine Objective MNT licenses, four (4) Imagine Adv-Pro to Imagine Photogrammetry MNT licenses, and four (4) Imagine DSM Extractor MNT licenses, for 12 Month subscription periods for each license, to include one (1) 12 month base period, and four (4) 12 month option periods for said licenses.

                    (vii) Delivery is required by 30 days after contract award (ACA).  Delivery shall be made to U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005.  Acceptance shall be performed at U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005.  The FOB point is Destination.

                    (viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial, applies to this acquisition.  The following addenda have been attached to this provision:  NONE

                    (ix)  Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 (with its Alternate I), Offeror Representations with its offer.

                    (x)  The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to this clause:  NONE

                    (xi)  The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items and the selected clauses listed in DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and Contract Clauses for the Acquisition of Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.  The following additional FAR/DFARS clauses cited in this clause are applicable:

FAR:

52.203-19, PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS OR STATEMENTS (JAN 2017)

52.204-10, REPORTING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRST-TIER SUBCONTRACT AWARDS (JUN 2020)

52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Nov 2021)

52.204-25, PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (NOV 2021)

52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (JUN 2023)

52.209-6, PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT’S INTEREST WHEN SUBCONTRACTING WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT (NOV 2021)

52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (NOV 2015)

52.219-28, POST-AWARD SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REREPRESENTATION (MAR 2023)

52.222-3, CONVICT LABOR (JUN 2003)

52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (FEB 2024)

52.222-21, PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES (APR 2015)

52.222-26, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (SEP 2016)

52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUN 2020)

52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2020)

52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020)

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (NOV 2021)

52.225-13, RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES (FEB 2021)

52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (May 2024)

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management (OCT 2018)

52.232-36, PAYMENT BY THIRD PARTY (MAY 2014)

52.232-40, PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS (mar 2023)

52.233-3, Protest after Award (AUG 1996)

52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004)

52.239-1, PRIVACY OR SECURITY SAFEGUARDS (AUG 1996)

DFARS:

252.203-7005, REPRESENTATION RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (SEP 2022)

252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls (OCT 2016)

252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support (JAN 2023)

252.204-7016, COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES—REPRESENTATION (DEC 2019)

252.204-7017, PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITON OF COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES—REPRESENTATION (MAY 2021)

252.204-7018, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services (JAN 2023)

252.204-7019, Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements (NOV 2023)

252.204-7020, NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements (NOV 2023)

252.223-7008, PROHIBITION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM (JAN 2023)

252.225-7000, BUY AMERICAN--BALANCE OF PAYMENTS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE--BASIC (FEB 2024)

252.225-7001, Buy American and Balance of Payments Program--Basic (FEB 2024)

252.225-7007, Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Items from Communist Chinese Military Companies (DEC 2018)

252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (APR 2022)

252.225-7031, Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel (JUN 2005)

252.225-7050, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism (DEC 2022)

252.232-7010, LEVIES ON CONTRACT PAYMENTS (DEC 2006)

252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services (NOV 2023)

252.247-7023, TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES BY SEA--BASIC (JAN 2023)

                    (xii)  The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions apply (full text of all FAR/DFARS clauses that contain fill-in information, as well as all local clauses, can be found in the attached Provisions and Clauses Full-Text document):

FAR/DFARS Clauses:

52.203-11, Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (SEP 2007)

52.203-12, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (JUN 2020)

52.204-7, SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (OCT 2018)

52.204-13, SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE (OCT 2018)

52.204-16, COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE REPORTING (AUG 2020)

52.204-17, Ownership or Control of Offeror (AUG 2020)

52.204-18, COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE MAINTENANCE (AUG 2020)

52.204-19, INCORPORATON BY REFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (DEC 2014)

52.204-20, PREDECESSOR OF OFFEROR (AUG 2020)

52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (NOV 2021)

52.204-24, REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (NOV 2021)

52.204-26, COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES- REPRESENTATION (OCT 2020)

52.213-2, invoices

52.217-5, EVALUATION OF OPTIONS (JUL 1990)

52.222-20, Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment Exceeding $15,000 (JUN 2020)

52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports (FEB 1999)

52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance (APR 1984)

52.232-18, AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (APR 1984)

52.232-39, UNENFORCEABILITY OF UNAUTHORIZED OBLIGATIONS (JUN 2013)

52.247-34, F.O.B. DESTINATION (NOV 1991) 

52.252-5, Authorized Deviations in Provisions (NOV 2020)

252.203-7000, REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF FORMER DOD OFFICIALS (SEP 2011)

252.203-7002, REQUIREMENT TO INFORM EMPLOYEES OF WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS (DEC 2022)

252.204-7003, CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL WORK PRODUCT (APR 1992)

252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (DEVIATION 2024-O0013 Rev. 1) (MAY 2024)

252.204-7024, Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System (MAR 2023)

252.225-7055, Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime (MAY 2022)

252.225-7056, Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime (JAN 2023)

252.225-7059, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region–Representation (JUN 2023)

252.225-7060, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (JUN 2023)

252.225-7972, Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign-Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems (DEVIATION 2020-O0015) (MAY 2020)

252.225-7973, Prohibition on the Procurement of Foreign-Made Unmanned Aircraft Systems—Representation (DEVIATION 2020-O0015) (MAY 2020)

252.232-7003, ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS AND RECEIVING REPORTS (DEC 2018)

252.243-7001, PRICING OF CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS (DEC 1991)

FAR/DFARS FILL-IN/FULL TEXT CLAUSES:

52.252-1, SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

52.252-2, CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

252.211-7003, ITEM UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AND VALUATION (JAN 2023)

252.232-7006, WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (DEC 2018)

LOCAL CLAUSES:

ACC - APG POINT OF CONTACT

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT

SOLICIT ONLY ONE SOURCE

TYPE OF CONTRACT

GOV INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

EXERCISE OF OPTION

SUBSCRIPTION AND SOFTWARE PLATFORM RENEWALS

PAYMENT OFFICE (BANKCARD)

TAX EXEMPTION CERT. (DAC)

PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

ARMY CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM (ACWS) TRANSITION INFORMATION FOR CONTRACTORS

DFARS COMMERCIAL CLAUSES

EXCEPTIONS IN PROPOSAL

AWARD OF CONTRACT

ADELPHI CONTR. DIVISION URL

FOREIGN NATIONALS PERFORMING

PAYMENT TERMS

ARMY CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM (ACWS) TRANSITION INFORMATION FOR OFFERORS

                    (xiii)  This acquisition is rated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) as N/A.

          (xiv)  The following notes apply to this announcement: 

In accordance with FAR 32.003, contract financing cannot be provided for this acquisition.

                    (xv)  Offers are due by 5:00pm Eastern Time Five (5) business days after posting, to benjamin.l.krein.civ@army.mil

                    (xvi)  For information regarding this solicitation, please contact Benjamin Krein at benjamin.l.krein.civ@army.mil