70--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT of Ten Print Fingerprint Scanners to CROSSMATCH

The contract involves the procurement of 15 ten-print fingerprint scanners, each equipped with travel cases, specifically Cross Match part number 920160-0001. It is a firm fixed price award designated as a sole source acquisition under FAR 6.302-1, indicating that only one responsible source has been identified as capable of fulfilling the agency’s requirements. The acquisition falls under the North American Industry Classification System codes 443142 and 443120. Although this notice serves primarily for notification and does not constitute a solicitation, it allows other responsible sources to express interest by contacting the USPFO for Georgia. If no interested parties respond by the specified deadline, the contract will proceed as a sole source award to Crossmatch. The government has emphasized that any information submitted in response to the notice will be used solely to determine whether a competitive procurement should be pursued and that no payments will be made for such submissions. The decision to forgo competition is at the sole discretion of the government. The contracting office is the Department of Defense’s USPFO Activity in Georgia, based in Marietta, GA. This notification is intended to provide transparency about the intent to award without soliciting bids, quotes, or proposals formally.