The purpose of this notice is to notify industry that the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for proposal or quotation. USSOCOM has a requirement for All Source Information Fusion (ASIF) with advanced analytics capabilities in support of intelligence analysis and production. The command recently awarded competitive contracts to integrate new commercial off the shelf software ASIF solutions with the existing Distributed Common Ground/Surface System - Special Operations Forces (DCGS-SOF) system architecture to meet the requirement. Until full operating capacity of the new solution is achieved in FY2020, the government has a need to bridge ASIF requirements with a sole source contract for the legacy software solution, Palantir. Palantir software has been utilized by USSOCOM and its components since 2009. The software meets legacy requirements for ASIF and supports operations and analysis for deployed units in the current areas of operation. It has been tested and certified for use on the SOF information technology enterprise. Use of any other product would require substantial integration and testing in addition to training and fielding to operational units. Award of a bridge contract to any other vendor would result in substantial duplication of cost and long delay to the government that is not expected to be recovered through additional competition. Palantir is the only known source for maintenance of Palantir software. Therefore, USSOCOM intends to issue a sole source award to Palantir Technologies, Inc with a base year and four 1-year option periods. The estimated value of the bridge contract is $300M. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, all responses received by 4:00 PM Eastern Time on 30 March 2016 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Correspondence in response to this notice shall be submitted to
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