Notice of Intent to Sole Source, Protected Internet Exchange (PiX)
Closed Special Notice Posted
A later notice was posted: the Limited / Sole Source Justification from .
- Solicitation number
- PIX2025
- Agency
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National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services
- Place of performance
- Virginia 22046, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a defense department agency, has issued a Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source a contract to Tesla Government, Inc. for the Protected Internet Exchange (PiX) system. The notice, posted on January 6, 2025, with a due date of January 21, 2025, outlines NGA's plan to award a sole source contract under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1. The contract will cover a 12-month base period with four 12-month option periods, totaling 60 months. NGA asserts that Tesla Government is the only vendor capable of performing all aspects of the PiX contract, including data curation, content management, community engagement, and geographic information system management.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to provide transparency about NGA's intent to award a non-competitive contract to Tesla Government for specialized IT and information services. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), with NGA determining that the services are available from only one responsible source. While this is not a request for competitive proposals, interested parties may submit capability statements, proposals, or quotations for consideration. The agency maintains sole discretion in determining whether to compete the requirement. The contract will encompass critical functions such as data curation and management, open source research, report writing, data visualization and mapping, user engagement, community building, and software development. NGA believes that awarding the contract to an alternative vendor would result in unacceptable delays and substantial cost duplication that cannot be recovered through competition.
Notice text
Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) intends to issue a sole source contract to Tesla Government, Inc., 103 West Broad Street, Suite 200, Falls Church, VA, 22046, to provide operations and sustainment of the Protected Internet Exchange (PiX) system to include data curation and management, open source research, report writing, data visualization and mapping, user engagement and community building and software development. The period of performance for the contract will cover a 12-month Base Period and four (4) 12-month option periods, for a total of 60 months.
Tesla Government is the only vendor that has demonstrated capabilities to perform all aspects of the PiX contract, including but not limited to, data curation and content management, community engagement, geographic information system (GIS) management and production, satellite imagery management, coordination and integration of partner applications, information system security, and program management of an operations IT system in NGA.
This notice of intent is being published in accordance with FAR 5.2 requiring the dissemination of information on proposed contract actions. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. There is a reasonable basis to conclude that the highly specialized supplies or services are available from only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Further, award of this requirement to a different source would result in an unacceptable delay in fulfilling the agency’s requirements and substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability in response to the requirement. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Notice of Intent to Sole Source, Protected Internet Exchange (PiX) | Limited / Sole Source Justification | |
| This notice | Special Notice |
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