99--SOLE SOURCE SYNOPSIS

The United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Northup Grumman in Chantilly, Virginia, to provide maintenance services for the Commercial Joint Mapping Appliance Tool Kit (CJMTK) Geospatial Appliance (CGA) ruggedized server. The maintenance is proprietary to Northrop Grumman. The CGA Rackmount 12 Model Annual Service Plan shall be for a period of one year- 1April 2014 through 31 March 2015. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 511199 with the size standard being 500. All interested parties are encouraged to provide information on their capabilities to meet this requirement in a cost effective manner in which the command will not have a lapse in service. In order to be considered a potential source, interested parties must submit a clear and convincing case demonstrating their capabilities to satisfy the requirement specified above and the advantages of the Government to consider another source. The documentation shall include prices and descriptive literature containing sufficient technical documentation to establish a bona-fide capability to meet this requirement. Only written responses will be considered. Please provide your responses to [email protected]. All written responses from responsible sources will be fully considered. As a result of analyzing responses to this synopsis, the contracting officer may determine that a solicitation will be issued. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. Any such solicitation will be issued to the intended schedule vendor and all firms that respond to this synopsis. If no affirmative written response, indicating that comparable sources are available, is received within 5 calendar days of publication of this notice, the Government shall proceed with a sole source award to Northup Grumman.