D--Intent to Sole Source Biometric Recapture

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Administration and Resource Management (OARM), intends to purchase Biometric Recapture solution. This purchase is on a sole source basis with the vendor Aware, Inc. under the authority of 41.U.S.C. 253 (c)(1), FAR 603-1. Aware, Inc. is the sole and exclusive provider and distributor of the solution. The period of performance is six months. Any firm that believes it is also capable of providing the solution may respond to this notice and shall provide a capability statement and indicate that the firm is challenging the statement that the vendor Aware, Inc. is the sole provider of the solution. All questions and/or responses shall be directed to Brent Maravilla via email at [email protected] by January 7, 2016. Responses shall include ¿Aware sole source¿ in the subject line of the email. The contracting officer will not respond to telephone inquiries. The estimated value of the acquisition is $27,600.