Export-Import Bank Regional VPN Service

This is a Special Notice of Intent to award a sole source Firm Fixed-Price purchase order to Elite Design Networks, LLC located at 4525 37th St., Brentwood, Md. 20722. Elite Design Networks has provided a service that EXIM was not able to find in the past. Elite Design Networks took the requirements of EXIM to have Business Grade Internet Data services at each EXIM Regional office, have a single Point of Contact in the event of a failure, work with EXIM IT Network Engineers to assist in setting up EXIM provided equipment and a single source of billing. Elite Design Networks provides a service to EXIM at four (4) Regional Office locations that previously required four (4) different vendors to work with. Elite Design Networks, LLC provides a unique, one of a kind, minimum downtime data service to our current Regional Offices. It allows EXIM employees, at each location, the ability to connect remotely to EXIM Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and access unique databases and services that EXIM currently has. It allows remote employees to communicate in real time and attend meeting with their counterparts located in D.C. Elite Design Networks, LLC meets the needs of EXIM IT Services to not only allow employees to communicate but gives EXIM IT Engineers the ability to monitor the Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), to ensure that it is up to date with the latest software and security enhancements that other Federal Government Agencies place on EXIM to keep them safe from outside intrusion. This proposed contract action is for supplies/services in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(i). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes; however, interested persons may identify their interest and submit their capabilities electronically to respond to this notice by Friday, June 19, 2020 at 10:00am Eastern Standard Time (EST) . A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any vendors who believe they can provide the supplies/services required can provide proof of their ability to meet the requirements should email their company's capabilities information to the attention of: Contracting Officer Kevin Alexander at [email protected] . Only email submissions will be accepted.