SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Online Data Subscription
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 519130
— Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell AFB Contracting Squadron, 50 LeMay Plaza South, Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 36112-6334
- ZIP Code
- 36112-6334
- Solicitation Number
- F2XHE16189AW02
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2016
- Point of Contact
- Camillus C. Mays, Phone: 334-954-5866, William Stallings, Phone: 334-953-6170
- E-Mail Address
-
camillus.mays@us.af.mil, william.stallings.1@us.af.mil
(camillus.mays@us.af.mil, william.stallings.1@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The 42nd Contracting Squadron at Maxwell AFB, AL hereby gives notice of its intent to award a sole source contract to STRATFOR Enterprises LLC, 221 West 6th Street Suite 400, Austin TX 78701-3100. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 519130 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. Description of the Requirement: Stratfor Enterprises LLC will provide an annual access to Stratfor Premium Online. Stratfor Premium Online provides an essential research capability in support of the Professional Military Education (PME) research needs of Air University (AU) students, both resident and distance learners. They are fully browsable and searchable electronic databases that combines intelligence analysis and news archives on various countries. This information is required in order to meet the requirements of Air War College, Air Command and Staff College and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. The subscriptions are for features that include: Strategic Markets; Forecasts; Geopolitical Diary; Global Market Brief; Intelligence; Net Assessment, an overview of significant issues driving the current behaviors of national regions; Weekly news and archives; daily intelligence briefings. Subscription must also include three intelligence products: Situational Awareness (reports events from around the world), Analyses (explains why these events are relevant) and Forecasts (provides analysis of what will happen next). While providing on-going analysis, the information must be non-partisan/non-political. Access to this information is necessary for research performed by Air University students and faculty. NOTES OF IMPORTANCE: 1. This is not a request for quotes and no solicitation is available. 2. A determination not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received in response to this notice will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. 3. Respondents are discouraged from submitting any information deemed competition-sensitive or proprietary. 4. Respondents will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred in responding to this intent to sole source (ISS). Information submitted will not be returned to the respective respondents. 5. Oral submissions of information will not be considered in response to this ISS. This sole source procurement is under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). This will be a firm-fixed price contract for a period of performance of: Base Year: 26 Sep 2016 - 25 Sep 2017 Option Year 1: 26 Sep 2017 - 25 Sep 2018 Option Year 2: 26 Sep 2018 - 25 Sep 2019 Option Year 3: 26 Sep 2019 - 25 Sep 2020 Option Year 4: 26 Sep 2020 - 25 Sep 2021 To assist the Government in determining if this acquisition is available for competition, please provide the following information: 1. GENERAL INFORMATION: Company's full name, business size, address, point of contact and telephone number. 2. CAPABILITIES: Please address the following regarding your capabilities in meeting the requirement described above. a. Is your company capable of meeting the entire requirement? Please respond "Yes or No." b. If your response to question 2a. above is "Yes", please provide supporting documentation that clearly demonstrates your company's ability to meet this requirement. c. Please provide any additional information that the Government should consider in determining if this requirement should be considered for competition. 3. RESPONSES: If there are any other businesses that can provide the specified services described above, you must respond to this notice before 15 Aug 16, 4:00 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time (CDST). If no responses are received by the above referenced date/time, a sole source contract may be awarded to STRATFOR Enterprise LLC. Responses must be submitted to the points of contact indicated below: Mr. Camillus C. Mays (Contract Specialist), camillus.mays@us.af.mil, (334) 953-5866 Mr. William Stallings (Contract Specialist), william.stallings.1@us.af.mil, (334) 953-7393
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AETC/MaxAFBCS/F2XHE16189AW02/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama, 36112, United States
- Zip Code: 36112
- Zip Code: 36112
- Record
- SN04212069-W 20160807/160805235115-4058c51aedc6e3dfb020c6e67bfaa052 (fbodaily.com)
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