Single Source Announcement for IT Licenses and Advisory Services.

In accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS) paragraph 3.2.2.4, the purpose of this announcement is to inform industry of the basis for the FAA's decision to award four (4) Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), via single source and limited competition procedures.



The FAA will award the BPAs to the following companies:

Gartner Inc.

Forrester Research

Info-Tech Research Group

IDC Government Insights



This procurement is in support of the FAA’s Strategic Sourcing Initiative to fulfill the requirement for IT Research and Advisory Licenses. The FAA has performed extensive market research and has determined the aforementioned four companies are the only sources that can provide the required IT License subscription levels.



A competitive solicitation is not available for this procurement. The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA is not liable for any costs associated with the preparing of a response to this announcement. Any questions or comments about this announcement must be directed to the Contracting Officer at Harry.Lutz@faa.gov no later than 12 p.m. (local time) on August 15, 2014. All inquiries must be submitted in writing. No phone calls will be accepted.





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