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70 -- Electronic and other messaging alerting services

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GSA-TFI-2006-004Federal

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The Center for Information Security Services plans to enter into a sole source contract with EnvoyWorldWide, Inc., a small commercial business based in Bedford, Massachusetts, to provide messaging and alerting notification services. This contract, governed by FAR Part 13 under the Commercial Items Test Program, aims to deliver highly reliable communications support tailored to the customer’s specific needs, including substantive messaging and alerting with a required service reliability of 99.5%. The system supports four priority levels for alert acceleration, allowing urgent messages to be delivered within five minutes to large recipient groups. To meet the stringent reliability criteria, the service operates across three geographically dispersed, hardened server farms with failover redundancy. If the monthly service delivery falls below the 99.5% threshold, EnvoyWorldWide must enhance its technical infrastructure in the following month to make up for any shortfall. The contract is valued at no more than $34,000 for a one-year period, emphasizing the unique capability of EnvoyWorldWide as the sole known source able to meet the reliability requirements. Maintenance activities require at least 48 hours' notice and are strictly limited in duration to minimize service disruption. This notification contract supports critical communication functions within the customer’s operational responsibilities. While this sole source action is authorized under 41 U.S.C. 253(f)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, the government invites responses from other interested parties within five days, although the decision to open competition remains at the government’s discretion. The contracting authority is the General Services Administration, Office of Acquisition Operations in Washington, DC, with Jon D. Faye as the contracting officer.

General Info

Sole source contract with EnvoyWorldWide for reliable messaging services, $34,000, one year.

Agency

General Services Administration → Interagency Contracts Gsa/fas Itc Office Of Acquisition Operations

NAICS

519190 - All Other Information Services

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Timeline

PostedNov 16

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyGeneral Services Administration → Interagency Contracts Gsa/fas Itc Office Of Acquisition Operations

Contacts1 person available

OfficeWASHINGTON, DC, 20405, USA

Organization / AgencyGeneral Services Administration → Interagency Contracts Gsa/fas Itc Office Of Acquisition Operations

Office AddressWASHINGTON, DC, 20405, USA

Contacts

Jon D. FayeContracting Officer

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+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

The Center for Information Security Services intends to negotiate on behalf of its customer, on a sole source basis with a commercial small business, EnvoyWorldWide, Inc, of Bedford Massachusetts for messaging and alerting notification services. The contract intended is under the terms of FAR Part 13, Commercial Items Test Program. The contract will cover unique reliability characteristics required for this customer and for substantive communications messaging and alerting notification services. The customer requires 99.5% reliability in services messaging alerting task execution. Four levels of acceleration are available for messaging alerting priorities. All tasks can be called for completion in as little time as 5 minutes and for full execution to these same significant numbers of recipients. To achieve 99.5% reliability each of the three server farms are individually fail over architectures redundant, in hardened, secure facilities geographically separated. In a given month if services delivery are not up to the standard requires, 99.5% contractor automatically increase technology architecture accordingly in the month following to offset the prior month shortfall. No schedule maintenance can occur without 48 hours prior notice and then is limited as to the amount of time that can be set aside for such activities. These services provide a means to communicate and notify significant numbers of critical activities within the customer responsibility. The total contracted amount for this one year contract will not exceed $34,000.00. EWWI is the only known source capable of providing the required services at the level of reliability required. This action is taken under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Interested parties may identify their capability to respond to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, proposals received, within 5 days will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.