Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Heat Plant Software

Notice of Intent to Sole-Source: The 341st Contracting Squadron intends to award on a sole-source basis a contract to ABB Inc. for the acquisition of a three year software license under the Power Generation Care Agreement at the Evolve Software Support Level for the 800 xA version 6.0 and S+ Engineering for Harmony 1.4 Industrial Control System for the 341st Civil Engineering Squadron Heat Plant. The period of performance consists of one (1) base period (09 December 2022 through 30 September 2023) followed by two (2) option periods (01 October 2023 - 30 September 2024, 01 October 2024 - 30 September 2025). ABB Inc. is the sole manufacturer/source provider for their Power Generation Care Agreement software licensing and is only sold by ABB Inc. ABB Inc. does not sell any of its products or services to third parties or distributors.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE OFFERS and a solicitation will not be issued. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. If no affirmative written response is received, the award will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 06 December 2022 by 2:00 PM MST to Mrs. Viviana Castillo Ramirez at viviana.castillo_ramirez@us.af.mil, or Mrs. Shanna Guillen at shanna.guillen.2@us.af.mil.