SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Rose Point Navigational Software
- Notice Date
- 9/22/2016
- Notice Type
- Fair Opportunity / Limited Sources Justification
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Louisville, Attn: CELRL-CT, PO Box 59, Louisville, Kentucky, 40201-0059, United States
- ZIP Code
- 40201-0059
- Solicitation Number
- W912QR-16-M-0082
- Archive Date
- 10/23/2016
- Point of Contact
- Justin Bennett, Phone: 5023156203
- E-Mail Address
-
justin.k.bennett@usace.army.mil
(justin.k.bennett@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- W912QR-16-M-0082
- Award Date
- 10/22/2016
- Description
- JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (under $100K) 1. Contracting Agency: US Army Engineer District, Corps of Engineers, PO Box 59, Louisville, KY 40201-0059 2. Description of Action: This is to be a new sole source procurement for seventeen (17) Rose Point ECS + Inland software licenses. Software licenses are valid for life (no renewal required). 3. Description of the Supplies/Service: Rose Point ECS + Inland is a software package used for the safety of navigation on the US inland waterways. The software is primarily used by the towing industry for the display of electronic navigational charts (ENC). The software being purchased will be used by 17 USACE sites involved in the production and provision of Inland ENC. Software licenses are transferrable and do not require renewal. The price of the each software license is $2,379.60 for a total purchase order price of $40,453.20. 4. Authority Cited: 10 USC 2304 (c) (1) FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. 5. Reason for Authority Cited: Software is only produced by one manufacturer, Rose Point Navigation. Rose Point ECS is presently used by 95+% of the inland towing industry. 6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: An RFQ was initiated through Army CHESS and a Statement of Non-Availability (SONA) was provided. Additionally, an extensive search of the internet for other vendors for Rose Point ECS has been conducted and there are no other providers of this type of software. The inland navigation industry as well as multiple other Government agencies rely solely on this specific brand of navigational software. See attached documentation regarding efforts to obtain competition as well as previous contract pricing from Government Agencies. 7. Actions to Increase Competition: N/A 8. Market Research: Market research was performed by extensively searching the internet for other vendors with similar products and based on the efforts in paragraph 6, finding that Rose Point Navigation is the only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements. 9. Interested Sources: N/A, the required work has not been advertised because the product is unavailable from other sources. 10. Other Facts: N/A 11. Technical Certification: I certify that the supporting data under my cognizance, which are included in this justification, are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 600 DR. MLK Jr. Pl., Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
- Zip Code: 40202
- Zip Code: 40202
- Record
- SN04284355-W 20160924/160922235401-aebe22aac6c963746300f169397dcd97 (fbodaily.com)
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