Notice of Intent to Sole Source to EC America, Inc.

RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE ARE DUE BY 8:00:00 AM Pacific, WHICH SUPERSEDES THE 11:59pm EASTERN RESPONSE TIME SHOWN IN THE GENERAL INFORMATION SECTION ABOVE. As a reminder, the response time identified in the Solicitation Instruction to offerors is the final authority of when responses are due. _____________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE to EC AMERICA, INC.

Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific (NIWC Pacific) intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order

on a sole source basis to EC America, Inc. 8444 Westpark Drive Suite 200 McLean, Virginia 22102-5112

Phone: (703) 752-0610

The requirement is for the purchase of the following commercial items:

ITEM 0001

NETSCALER MPX 14030 FIPS ADVANCED EDITION Appliance Serial Numbers:

A8ZK2CT4ME, 94ATACT455, 64JNRCZCR8 (3)

MFG: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

P/N: 100001543659-0030

Period of Performance: Date of Award – 12/27/2020

Quantity: 1 Lite

ITEM 0002

NETSCALER MPX 14030 FIPS ADVANCED EDITION Appliance Serial Numbers:

67DENCZCNU, 67918CZ8V7, CNT02CZAXX, 658R6CZAT9, 67TZ4CZEWC (5)

MFG: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

P/N: 100001543659-0030

Period of Performance: Date of Award – 12/27/2020

Quantity: 1 Lite

Under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)1(i), Sole source justification is based on EC America, Inc. who is

the ONLY authorized supply holder for Citrix products for Government orders. The Government seeks to

procure the hardware on a sole source basis to mitigate any gap in services.

This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not

to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion

of the Government. The applicable NAICS code is 541519 and the business size standard is $30 Million.

Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct

a competitive procurement.

The point of contact for this announcement is Jai-Lynne Rubio at jai-lynne.rubio@navy.mil

Be advised that the aforementioned information is anticipatory in nature and is not binding. This notice is

not a request for quotes; however, any firm believing that they can fulfill the requirement may be

considered by the agency. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this

synopsis. Any comments, questions or concerns regarding this notice may be submitted via e-mail to jai-

lynne.rubio@navy.mil by 12 February 2020 at 0800am PST. Questions by phone or fax will not be

considered.