4940--36C249-20-AP-2886 Honeywell Maintenance Intent to Sole Source

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE 36C249-20-AP-2886 On behalf of the Nashville VA Medical Center, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 9 is issuing this Intent to Sole Source. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to award a Firm Fixed Price award to a single source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, to Honeywell Building Solutions. The prospective contractor shall provide annual service/maintenance of the R7044XL Plus controllers programmed by the Honeywell Deltanet Computer Aided Engineering software. NCO 9 intends to award this requirement as a sole source purchase order under the provision of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 to Honeywell Building Solutions. Based on market research, the required service can only be purchased from Honeywell Building Solutions. According to the current manufacturer, these controllers are part of the Excel Building Supervisor system that is governed by a software license agreement. Under the terms of this software license agreement, third parties are not allowed to access this licensed software. Therefore, the sole source award to Honeywell Building Solutions is in the best interest of the government. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 811310 with the size standard of $8 million. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes. Any vendor who believes it can meet the requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by August 13, 2020 at 8:00 am CT. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to [email protected]. A determination not to compete the proposed order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. SAM: Interested parties shall be register in the System for Award Management (SAM) as prescribed in FAR Clause 52.232-33. SAM information can be obtained by accessing the internet at www.sam.gov or by calling 1-866-606-8220.