Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Department of the Treasury, IRS, Office of Procurement (OS:A:P:I:F:B) intends to negotiate a sole source, non-monetary, zero-dollar commercial item contract with Link2GOV, Corp. for an electronic payment product that allows taxpayers to make federal tax payments through convenient, safe and secure means and collects the appropriate service fees from the taxpayer to cover all costs incurred to deliver the services requested by the U.S. Government. The required services meet the definition of "commercial items" as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 2.101. A sole source commercial item contract is required because the current contract expires on June 30, 2014. A competitive RFP has been issued, but will not be awarded before the current contract expires. It is critical to the IRS mission that the services provided under the current contract not be interrupted. The anticipated award date of the sole source commercial item contract is July 1, 2014. All interested sources must respond in writing with clear and convincing evidence to support their ability to provide the electronic payment services that allows taxpayers to make federal tax payments within 10 days of this publication via e-mail to the Contracting Officer listed below. This is not a solicitation for proposals or an invitation for bids. The Government does not anticipate receiving responses to this notice of a non-competitive action. If parties choose to respond, any cost associated with preparation and submission of data or any other cost incurred in response to this announcement are the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government. The point of contact for this acquisition is listed below.