Qintel’s products: Intelligence & Investigations Subscription; Qintel Investigative Support; CrossLink Development Support and Data Integration; and Intelligence Analysis Research Training

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to award a sole source purchase order to Qintel LLC, Inc., 322 North Shore Drive Suite 300, Pittsburg, PA 15203 for obtaining the following Qintel’s products: Intelligence & Investigations Subscription; Qintel Investigative Support; CrossLink Development Support and Data Integration; and Intelligence Analysis Research Training. A purchase order will be issued for a period of 12 months. Due to the uniqueness of this requirement, no other research tool is acceptable. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. A written solicitation will not be issued, and quotes are not being requested. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority FAR 13.106-1(b). This service is being solicited and awarded as a commercial item in accordance with FAR Part 12. Justification: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation (CI) Division established a Cyber Crime Section (CCS) that includes two Cyber Crime Units (CCU) and a Cyber Crime Coordinator in each Field Office. The mission of the CCS is to support large-scale criminal investigations of a financial nature involving cyber components. Specifically, the CCS will support investigations that involve the Internet and Internet based technologies & methodologies that enable criminals to engage in illegal activity with anonymity and cross international borders without a defined physical presence. Qintel’s data which contains over 500 million+ users associated to cybercrime, and related criminal communities that contain over 10+ billion users worldwide and trillions of pivotable records on online actors from across the globe. This data is updated daily and goes back twenty (20) years. Any questions regarding this action should be directed to the IRS Primary Point of Contact Kenneth Reid, 469-801-1758, [email protected]