TacChat Server Licenses and Support

This is a Notice of Proposed Contract Action under the FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures.  This notice is for information only; a solicitation will not be issued. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 511210 with a small business size standard of $41,500,000.00 in annual receipts.AFRL requires Tactical Chat Server v1.2 licenses and support with the following specifications:Tactical Chat Server v1.2, Trident Tactical Chat Server 1.2 Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) chat server, QTY: 30Annual Bronze Level Help Desk Support, Provides 72-hour, Monday through Friday, 0900-1700 EST Response Time, QTY: 23Annual Gold Level Help Desk Support, Provides 4-Hour, 24/7/365 Response Time, QTY: 1The Government intends to negotiate a sole source contract with

Trident Systems Incorporated, 10201 Fairfax Blvd., Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22030The Government has determined that no other source can provide the tactical chat capability that is an approved Air Force Standard Desktop. The chat capability is a certified, single domain standards-based chat server that is designed to meet rigorous Department of Defense standards.This is a notice of proposed contract action and not a request for competitive proposals; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement or proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. All inquiries should be sent by email to Brooke.McDonald@us.af.mil . Responses must be submitted by the date/time listed on the notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government in future procurements.Responses received will be evaluated; however a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government anticipates an award date on or before 31 August 2020.A Sole Source Justification will be attached to the subsequent Notice of Award in accordance with applicable regulation.Notice to Offeror(s)/Suppliers(s):  Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an Offeror for any costs.