Software subscription purchase

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.501(a)(2)(i) entitled "Only One Source" with CoStar Group, Inc, Washington DC for the purchase of a software subscription for a base year and 4 option years starting in 2019. This will be the first time that this software has been procured by the Real Estate Division. The CoStar suite delivers a real estate database software service that is used to analyze real estate markets by calculating current vacancy rates, absorption rates, average rental rates and forecasting future trends based on user-selected variables. The database is able to compress broad real estate market analyses from hours and days to minutes and is able to search via a radius, market, or set boundaries to focus on a particular geographic area. It has access to more than 4.2 million fully researched and continuously updated commercial properties of all classes and types to include information such as sales prices and terms, rental rates, listing prices, property location, floor plans and amenities, extensive demographic data, traffic count data, mapping and various reporting functions. Property sales and rentals of all types are researched, cataloged and verified with transaction principles, noting all property characteristics and reference links to the participating brokers, buyers and sellers. Currently, the database software subscription is proprietary, and supplied only by Costar Group, Inc. CoStar suite provides verified and transactional data needed to meet real estate mission needs. Other real estate database software for this purpose are not compliant with our contract documents and therefore may not be used as an alternative. The aforementioned software will be solicited to only one source: CoStar Group, Inc.

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency. Capability statement must be received by the response date and time of this notice. Submissions will be reviewed to determine if they can meet the requirement. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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