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CFTC Sole Source - Hosting for 3 Equipment Racks
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is planning to award a sole-source task order to Recovery Point Systems for the hosting of three critical server racks at their Germantown, Maryland facility. These racks are essential to CFTC's IT infrastructure, supporting direct connectivity to both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure clouds, which are vital for the agency’s mission and technology operations. The urgency of this renewal stems from the CFTC’s upcoming physical headquarters move to a new location in Washington, DC, anticipated around June 2026 or later if construction is delayed. To mitigate risks associated with moving both its headquarters and mission-critical IT infrastructure at the same time, the agency is seeking to extend its current server hosting arrangement for a year, with an option for an additional year if necessary. The contract will be issued under federal authority permitting sole-source procurement where only one supplier can meet the agency’s requirements, citing continuity and the need for uninterrupted IT operations as primary justifications. The notice is not an open solicitation, although written responses from other potential vendors will be considered for market research purposes if received by the specified deadline. The anticipated award date is around August 15, 2025, with the government emphasizing that this is not an opportunity for competitive proposals and will not be responsible for costs incurred in responding. This initiative is crucial for ensuring operational stability during a period of significant organizational transition.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") intends to negotiate and award a sole-source task order to Recovery Point Systems (RPS) for the hosting of three (3) CFTC server racks at the RPS location in Germantown, MD. These server racks and their direct connections to the Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure clouds are critical to CFTC’s Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and mission capabilities.
CFTC anticipates moving to its new headquarters location (355 E St SW, Washington DC) on or about June 2026, or when the renovations are completed on the new headquarters location if delayed. CFTC has extended the lease at its existing headquarters location (1155 21st St NW, Washington, DC) for one year, with an additional option year in the case of renovation delays on the new location. CFTC must have stability for its existing cloud infrastructure during this time to ensure there are no critical system outages. Recompeting and potentially moving CFTC’s three server racks in a similar timeframe to a physical headquarters move would create too much risk to critical CFTC systems and connectivity to cloud services.
Accordingly, CFTC must renew its existing server hosting contract for a base year and one potential option year to ensure this stability. Physically moving the HQ location, on premise infrastructure, and cloud connection infrastructure simultaneously poses too much risk, as doing so could cause a critical infrastructure failure or loss of connectivity to CFTC’s cloud infrastructure.
The Government intends to procure this requirement under FAR 6.103-1 and 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) “the property or services needed by the executive agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the executive agency.”
THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS nor a solicitation of offers. However, the Government will consider written responses from all responsible sources received by 10:00 AM ET, July 25, 2025. Written responses must include sufficient information to establish capability to fulfill the requirement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes for future Market Research requirements. No formal solicitation package is available. The Government anticipates award on or about August 15, 2025. The Government will not be responsible for any costs of preparation in response to this announcement.
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