Intent to Sole Source National Symbols Cache: Electronic Storefront

The US Forest Service intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Govolution LLC. Govolution LLC is the sole source provider of the technologies required by the Forest Service for the integrated Pay.gov e-commerce shopping cart. The Forest Service requirements include an e-commerce shopping cart, transaction settlement processes and specialized data interfaces with integrated connectivity to the U.S. Treasury's proprietary Pay.gov payment processing platform. Govolution LLC's Velocity Payment System with Velocity's Shopping Cart provides the proprietary interfaces required for the Pay.gov platform. Further, since the integrated Pay.gov Velocity's Shopping Cart technology is proprietary, custom development requires Govolution LLC technical services to make the Forest Service required customizations to the core functionality to meet stated requirements by the Forest Service. This acquisition requires the provision of a customized e-commerce electronic storefront for Symbols.gov that processes payments through Pay.gov, including a full consumer facing online shopping experience and an administrative management and reporting suite for the Forest Service to manage "back office" functions that include workflow integration, inventory, shipping, invoices and logistics related to the distribution and management of Symbols' products. The service includes use of a COTS Shopping Cart application with specialized integration to the U.S. Treasury Department's proprietary Pay.gov platform with customizations to meet the unique needs of the agency's product set and workflow needs. The application will be hosted, managed and serviced by the vendor. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitations documents are available. Any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement. This information will be reviewed by the Government technical representative for consideration for future requirements. Information must be sent to the Contracting Officer, Forest Service Contracting, 3833 S. Development Ave, Boise ID, 83705, via fax to (208) 387-5384 or via e-mail to [email protected], no later than 10:00 am, Mountain Time, March 2, 2018. Responses received will be evaluated, however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the Forest Service will proceed with the sole source negotiation with Govolution LLC. TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED.