Notice of Intent to Sole Source

This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.101 requiring the dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is prescribed by FAR 6.302-1.

The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, on behalf of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command Enterprise Information Technology Project Management Office (eIT PMO) intends to issue a sole source contract to Liquent, Inc. for contract consolidation and continuity of software license maintenance and technical support services. Liquent, Inc. is the only source known to the Government that is capable of providing these services. The Government anticipates award of a single, firm-fixed price contract for a one-year base period and four one-year option periods. Written responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. This is not a request for quotation, and the Government does not intend to pay for information received. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions and submissions in response to this notice must be submitted in writing by 12:00 pm, EST May 6, 2015 to jeremy.a.calligan.civ@mail.mil. Telephone calls regarding this matter will neither be accepted nor returned.