G Suite Enterprise and Google Hire

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE - This is a notice of the Government's intent to issue a sole source award to Google Inc for G Suite Enterprise suite of tools including Google Hire. The Department of Defense (DoD), Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD) intends to award a firm fixed-priced contract for the procurement of G Suite Enterprise Suite and Google Hire Services to Defense Innovation Experimental Unit (DIUx) using FAR 13.106(b). DIUx currently receiving these services in their environment. Many of the Government's processes reside in the G Suite ecosystem. Extensive and recurring trainings have been administered to educate Government members on the functionality and operability of G Suite. Changing to another vendor's product would force a full stop of the Government's operations to re-tool the entire business and re-train all users on the new tools and its different ways of accomplishing the same tasks. This would produce weeks/months of solid downtime, and significantly disrupt the mission effectiveness of the Government. This notice of intent is NOT a request for proposals or quotations.