Sole Source Justification

This Special Notice is a Sole Source Justification filed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 (VISN 1), pertaining to solicitation 36C24126Q0334 for construction project 650-23-103. The notice announces a sole source procurement action for a physical access control system (PACS) upgrade valued at $85,905.00 on a firm-fixed-price basis. The VA is publishing this justification in the interest of transparency to allow public review of the rationale behind the sole source determination. This acquisition is being presented exclusively to Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) holders, and the notice was posted on April 15, 2026, with a deadline of May 21, 2026. The work falls under the Commercial and Institutional Building Construction NAICS category and involves the repair or alteration of hospital facilities.

The sole source requirement stems from the need to upgrade an existing Pegasus physical access control system to the next-generation C-Cure 9000 platform, both proprietary systems owned by Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI). JCI has been determined as the only responsible source capable of satisfying agency requirements under FAR 6.103-1 authority due to the proprietary nature of both the existing and new hardware and software components. Only JCI technicians are certified and authorized to install, configure, and program the system components, and the company maintains exclusive access to proprietary equipment and application software utilities. The contracting officer conducted market research to identify any certified third-party entities capable of providing equivalent equipment or services and found none. Eligible contractors must be MATOC holders and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses to participate, and competition is anticipated at the contractor level through variations in overhead and profit margins, as all offerors would utilize the same C-Cure 9000 equipment sourced through JCI.