Notice of intent to solicit and award brand name contract

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, San Diego, CA intends to solicit and award an Order through the Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation (ACCENT) BOAs on a Brand Name basis ONLY (See Attached J and A) for AWS Cloud Services as described in the PWS (See Attachment).
Period of Performance â€" 9/1/2018 â€" 8/31/2023 (including options).
The statutory authority which permits restricting consideration of contractors to fewer than that required is 41 USC 1901(e)(2) - a sole source acquisition under simplified acquisition procedures for certain commercial items, as implemented by FAR 13.501(a). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals.
THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, all bids, proposals, or quotations received by the closing response date will be considered by the Government. 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. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested sources must submit technical capabilities, pricing, and other information that demonstrates their ability to meet the Fleet Logistics Center’s needs.
Detail technical information must be submitted to Latrice Rubenstein, Contract Negotiator, latrice.rubenstein@navy.mil, no later 2 August 2018 by 14:00 PST.
Contracting Office Address:
Fleet Logistics Center San Diego
Regional Contracts Department (Code 200)
3985 Cummings Road
San Diego, CA 92136-4200
Place of Performance/Delivery:
Naval Post Graduate School
1 University Circle
Monterey, CA 93943
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