COMBINED Synopsis/Solicitation of Notice of Intent - Sole Source Award

The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Rock Island (ACC-RI) is issuing s combined synopsis/solicitation of intent to negotiate a sole source procurement with International Information System Security Certification (ISC2) for certification vouchers and tokens. The statutory authority is 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. The applicable NAICS code is 611420 with a size standard of $11 million.

The Government intends to procure from only one source under the authority of FAR 13.501(a)(1). This will be a commercial acquisition using Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, 41 U.S.C. 1901 (or 41 U.S.C. 1903 for Special Emergency Procurement) as implemented by FAR Subpart 13.5.

Award to any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements as there are no other authorized resellers that provide these products. Interested parties may identify their interest and must provide convincing evidence of their capability and that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative, written responses are received by 9:00 A.M. CST June 04, 2019 an award will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. No phone calls will be accepted.

Delivery is to be complete within 30 days from the date a valid order is received. Early delivery is authorized and desired and shall be at no additional cost to the Government.

The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition.

The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, is not applicable to this acquisition.

The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following additional clauses are cited in this clause:

52.203-6 Alt 1 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to
the Government
52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation &
First-Tier Subcontract Awards
52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interests when Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business
52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan
52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rep.
52.222-3 Convict Labor
52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities
and Remedies
52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
52.222-26 Equal Opportunity
52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans
52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers
52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans
52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under
the National Labor Relations Act
52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban
Text Messaging While Driving
52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
52.232-29 Terms for Financing of Purchases of
Commercial Items
52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--
System for Award Management
52.239-1 Privacy or Security Safeguards

12. The following Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Commercial Clauses apply to this acquisition:

52.203-3 Gratuities
252.222-7007 Representation Regarding Combating
Trafficking in Persons
252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic
Commodities
252.225-7031 Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel
252.226-7001 Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns
252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment
Requests and Receiving Reports
252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions
252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments
252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment
252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items
252.247-7022 Representation of Extent of
Transportation by Sea

Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be awarded a contract with the U.S. Government. The SAM website can be found at
www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in SAM will make an offeror ineligible for award.