Notice of Intent to Sole Source NEC Advanced Tender - 107500577

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Notice of Intent to Sole Source NEC Advanced Identity Manager (AIM) Perpetual License Maintenance

Deadline: 23 Sep 2024

Posting Date: 21 Sep 2024

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 107500577

Document Ref. No.: 70RDA124R00000007

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Description
This is a notice of intent to sole source as required by FAR 5.203. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 entitled, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements." The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) intends to solicit and award on a sole source basis a contract action to NEC National Security Systems, Inc. (NEC NSS), UEI: RLRZWEARX7ME, 4310 Wilson Blvd., Suite 505, Arlington, VA 22203, to acquire NEC Advanced Identity Manager (AIM) Perpetual License Maintenance. This requirement is for maintenance for existing perpetual NEC Facial licenses for the Face Enterprise-wide Software Advanced Identity Manager eXtensible Multimodal (AIM-XM) and Advanced Identity Matcher - Edge Source (AIM-ES) products and assessment tools for unlimited biometric quantities, on unlimited hardware platforms, and at unlimited lcoations.
Pursuant to the FAR Subpart 6.302-1, “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, ” NEC Advanced Identity Manager software maintenance is essential to the continued proper functioning of the NEC NSS AIM software, which DHS uses to perform its essential tasks of biometric identification in support of screening, vetting, and credentialing of individuals seeking immigration benefits, employment, or entry/exit to the United States.
Only NEC NSS can provide the annual software maintenance to the existing NEC AIM Software currently operational within IDENT because no other firm product can interconnect with and perform the necessary customized maintenance of the NEC NSS AIM software. The NEC NSS AIM software itself is customized, with the algorithm having been developed and fine-tuned by NEC NSS over the years to where only NEC NSS can provide the maintenance for such an application. If the Government were not able to procure the nece...
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Notice ID : 70RDA124R00000007

Related Notice

Department/Ind. Agency : HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF

Sub-tier : OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS

Office: DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS ACQUISITIONS DIVISION I

General Information

Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)

Original Published Date: Sep 20, 2024 10:02 am EDT

Original Response Date: Sep 23, 2024 05:00 pm EDT

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

Original Inactive Date: Oct 08, 2024

Initiative: None
Classification

Original Set Aside:

Product Service Code: 7A21 - IT AND TELECOM - BUSINESS APPLICATION SOFTWARE (PERPETUAL LICENSE SOFTWARE)

NAICS Code: 518210 - Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
Place of Performance: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 USA

Documents

 Tender Notice

JA-NEC-Face-Enterprise-wide-Software-FINAL-Red.pdf