Notice of intent to award a sole source to ILS LLC

Notice of intent to award a sole source contract to Inventory Locator Services LLC for their ILSmart.com on-line database subscription service. The ILSmart.com includes access to a database over 6,000 supplier inventories for more than 6 billion parts. The database is also compatible with HAYSTACK for both logistics and parts information research capabilities. Refer to the attached Sole Source Justification for more information regarding their services satisfying the government's requirement. The contract will be for one year plus three option years. The services will be utilized at MALS-24 located at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. This Notice of Intent is not a request for Expressions of Interest (EOI), proposals or quotations. No solicitation document exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of EOIs, proposals, or quotations received in response to this notice. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the government is available. The government will consider all EOIs received prior to 10 May 2010 before 1600 Hawaii Standard Time on that date. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. EOIs sent via the US Postal Service should be mailed to Commanding Officer, Regional Contracting Office (Attn: Vivian Fukumitsu), Box 63063, MCBH Kaneohe Bay, HI 96863-3063. EOIs sent via Federal Express or hand carried must be delivered to Regional Contracting Office Hawaii, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Bldg 209, Kaneohe, HI 96863 during weekdays, excluding federal holidays, between the hours of 6:30am and 4:00pm. EOIs may be submitted via facsimile to: Attn: Vivian Fukumitsu at 808-257-2350. The facsimile transmission must clearly identify this notice and the name of the contracting officer on the first page. Submitters bear the burden of ensuring that the EOI reaches the designated contracting officer on time and should allow a reasonable time for facsimile transmission to be completed. All pages of the transmission must reach the office before the deadline specified and pages of the facsimile transmission that arrive in the office after the specified deadline will not be considered. The submitter bears the risk of non-receipt of facsimile transmission and should confirm by telephone that any facsimile was received. This purchase will be under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. See Note 22. Point of contact for this procurement is Vivian Fukumitsu, 808-257-3528.