Notice of Intent to Sole Source Commercial Data Center Colocation Services

The United States Coast Guard (USCG), Office of Contract Operations, CG-9121, intends to issue a firm-fixed price contract on a sole source basis with Iron Mountain, 1137 Branchton Rd, Boyers, PA. Award is intended to be processed under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 12 and under the authority of FAR 6.302-2 - Unusual and Compelling Urgency which precludes full and open competition and delay in award would result in a serious financial injury to the Government. The requirement is to obtain commercial data center collocation services for CG in Boyers, PA for a one year period while an Interagency Agreement with the Office of Personnel Management for these services is finalized. The CG's Integrated Health information System (IHiS) is now at a critical junction as further delays will result in serious contractual and funding issues and the highly anticipated rollout of IHiS and EpicCare which is scheduled for June of 2015. In addition, not having a commercial data center in place will prevent the rollout of IHiS at considerable cost to the Government. It is critical to existing contracts, funding, and project timelines to procure the commercial data center immediately. Support to CG under this contract consists of non-personal services and is commercially available. The proposed contract action's period of performance is one year. THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 5.2--SYNOPSES OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTIONS. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE/PROPOSAL. NO SOLICITATION FOR THE CONTRACT AWARD WILL BE PROVIDED. The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely at the discretion of the USCG. The USCG will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. This notice in no way obligates the USCG to award the proposed contract action on a sole source basis. Interested parties must provide evidence of their capability to fulfill this requirement no later than 17 September 2014 by 12:00 PM EST to Wendy Stevenson, Contracting Officer via email at [email protected]. Responses to this notice must demonstrate evidence that clearly and convincingly demonstrates that competition of the contract would be advantageous to the Government and would not hinder USCG mission objectives with respect to this requirement.