Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Human Threat Investigation Software

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE – THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE -SOURCE AWARD TO WHOOSTER, INC. FOR HUMAN THREAT INVESTIGATION SOFTWARE The Department of Defense (DoD) Washington Headquarters Services Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD) intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed price contract for Human Threat Investigation Software to Whooster Inc., 112 Cimarron Park Loop, Buda, Texas 78610-2850 (SAM Unique Entity ID: V7HKESYDMJQ5, CAGE: 84ZP1) for their product, the Whooster Web-Based Software License and Annual Subscription Service for Law Enforcement Investigation. In order to meet the Government’s mission, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PF7PA) Investigations & Intelligence Division (IID) Threat Management Unit (TMU) requires web-based Human Threat Investigation software to identify threats directed towards High Risk Personnel (DoDI O- 2000.22) and the Pentagon Reservation. The software will assist investigators and analysts to quickly identify individuals who have conveyed threatening communications via phone, email, or social media. This web-based software must provide partnership agreements with public and private data sources that provide access to information in a timely manner. The software must provide real-time data results that can be delivered to investigators in the field via SMS text messaging (no app required), and the software must provide access to international phone number subscriber and carrier coverage for 130 countries, real-time phone numbers (Cell, Landline, and Voice Over IP Service or VOIPS) on individuals, and real-time open source returns for phone numbers, email addresses, and usernames. The annual requirement is for a period of performance for one 12-month Base Period and four 12-month Option Years for: Software and Annual Subscriptions Service for Law Enforcement Investigation, Quantitiy of 20 Web/SMS Message Searches, Quantity of 25,000 The Whooster Software and Annual Subscriptions Service for Law Enforcement Investigation provides a data-fusion technology that meets all of the salient requirements. Whooster, Inc., is the sole manufacturer and distributor of their products and the software used to interface with these products is proprietary to Whooster, Inc. All upgrades, virtual trainings and service calls are conducted only by Whooster, Inc. This is a commercial item with a five-year dollar value under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. This procurement will be issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901, Simplified Acquisition Procedures . The NAICS code utilized for this procurement is 511210, Software Publishers with a Small Business Size Standard of $41.5M. The PSC code is 7A21, IT and Telecom - Business Application Software (perpetual License Software). This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotations. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. Primary Point of Contact: [email protected].