Intent to Sole Source - Svanaco Web Hosting Services for Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB)

#SS-CSB-059 -- INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: Svanaco, Inc. (dba: American Eagle Design and Hosting) - Services are required to host, maintain, upgrade, service, and support the external CSB website (www.csb.gov). Performance under this award shall include a re-design of the website, ongoing website upgrades, complete website support services, all associated incidental services, and other tasks described herein. This is as an ongoing requirement for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), Division of Procurement Services, on behalf of the CSB, intends to make award to Svanaco, Inc. (dba: American Eagle Design and Hosting Company), on a sole source basis under authority of FAR 6.302-1, for these website hosting services. The CSB has a critical requirement to maintain Tier 1 hosting services within the United States without disruption; to mean 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year (24x7x365). The CSB requires a seamless and uninterrupted deployment of this web-hosting contract, to effectively carry out its mission of driving chemical safety change through independent investigation for the protection of the people and the environment. The following factors identify American Eagle's unique qualifications: Although various criteria of the requirement could be performed by other contractors, the lack of a contractor-owned and -operated Tier 1 hosting system would impede the flexibility currently employed by the government, and negatively impact the overall cost to the agency. CSB depends on the contract's cohesive and continual services - the issue of a third-party provider(s) for key services is a major concern to the CSB. American Eagle can provide this hosting. The Tier 1 PCI compliant hosting facility, as operated and maintained by American Eagle, offers secure and reliable hosting services through in-house data centers. The hosting service shall be custom-tailored to the Agency's site and delivered by a team that anticipates all the needs required by the Agency's site (from speed, traffic, and hardware space to general performance). Use of the recommended contractor and their Tier 1 facility is an important aspect of the CSB's website hosting and continuous availability. After extensive market research, the CSB has not been able to identify a contractor or procure cohesive services which meet the required criteria through any other vendor that was researched or solicited by CSB and Fiscal Service. Since American Eagle manages their own hosting facility, they also have staff available 24 hours/7 days a week at their data centers, a critical factor to the site's successful continuity and accessibility. As a requirement, the 24-hour service benefits the CSB related to off-hours requests, as well as assistance provided on the weekends to ensure uninterrupted operation and maintenance, and the constant monitoring of spikes in traffic due to public events and release of new information. The structure is secure and built with multiple redundancies to ensure network reliability. Additionally, the lack of a cohesive and clearly identified e-marketing system will create an increase in cost and a large unknown regarding a key service for the government. From the market research conducted by the Agency, it was determined that extensive time and resources will be needed for the transfer of data to a new contractor, which is not in the best interest of the government. The goal for the contractor is to quickly and efficiently execute the tasks associated with hosting the CSB website, to be adequately equipped and capable of providing seamless Hosting, design and maintenance for the CSB's website. American Eagle has unique technical capability and other resources required for this acquisition, and also has institutional knowledge of the CSB to provide the services. American Eagle is the entity capable and available to perform the required tasks immediately and effectively. Certifications and qualifications held by employees that are to perform the scope of work shall be included in any response to this Notice. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information will NOT be considered an affirmative response to this Special Notice. Telephone responses or inquiries to this Special Notice will NOT be accepted. Fiscal Service will consider written responses received no later than 2:00 PM EST, on Monday, April 18, 2022. Any responses that are received must be submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov and mindy.wargowsky@fiscal.treasury.gov, Attn: MLW/SRC, CSB-American Eagle. After April 18, 2022, Fiscal Service shall make award on a sole source basis to Svanaco, Inc. - dba: American Eagle Design and Hosting. No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided. This notice does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. All firms responding to this notice are advised that their response is not a request that will be considered for contract award. All interested parties will be required to respond to any resultant solicitation separately from their response to this notice, should one be issued.