SPECIAL NOTICE TO SOLE SOURCE: TTI/ Vanguard Membership

The Office of Business Operations, Support Contracts Branch, intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition in accordance with FAR subpart 13.5 with TTI Technologies for TTI/ Vanguard membership with the approximate start date of June 2, 2019. This subscription will include proprietary information sessions and workshops that involve unique resources and material ("trade secret") that cannot be easily or efficiently duplicated.

These services are currently in place. A twelve (12) month period of performance is contemplated for this acquisition. Options are not being considered at this time.

No solicitation package will be issued. This special notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received no later than 2:00 PM, EDT on May 30, 2019. Responses shall be submitted to Lauren Oxner at Lauren.S.Oxner@irs.gov.

Responses shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

1. The name of your company;
2. Company DUNS No and CAGE Code;
3. Point of Contact, and secondary contact, information;
4. The specific product(s) that your company offers that fulfills the same function as the items to be included on this order or evidence that your company is capable of providing the specific items mentioned above; and,
5. A description of that product(s) and its overall capabilities.
It is your responsibility to demonstrate how your product(s) is capable of providing the same functionality that exists with the Vanguard products mentioned above. The Government will not seek additional information from your company if you fail to provide sufficient evidence of having a product capable of meeting the Government's needs.
A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government's Contracting Officer. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

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