Skybox Maintenance

[NOTICE OF INTENT] - The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to solicit Patriot Technologies, LLC on a sole source basis for the purchase of maintenance of its Skybox Firewall Compliance software, a portion of a larger acquisition. Patriot is located at 5108 Pegasus Court, Suite F, Frederick, MD 21704. SSA conducts this acquisition pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1), Soliciting from a single source, which states, "[c]ontracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization)." SSA seeks a firm-fixed-price award for a one-year period. The period of performance would be 09/15/2017 to 09/14/2018. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. This is not a request for quotation; rather, this posting constitutes SSA's notice of intent to solicit on a sole source basis with Patriot Technologies, LLC for the above specified requirement. SSA does not intend to pay for any information received. If SSA does not identify other acceptable sources capable of providing the software maintenance and relevant upgrades, then it will issue a sole source award to, Patriot Technologies, LLC using the policies and procedures in FAR Part 12, in conjunction with those in FAR Part 13. Interested vendors must submit responses to this notice via email at [email protected] by 1:00 EST on 09/11/2017. SSA will not honor or acknowledge requests for copies of a solicitation. Oral communications are not acceptable. The Government will not accept phone calls related to this notice of intent.