Sole Source - Advantor Access Control System

The Department of Defense, through the 628 CONS/PKA Contracting Activity at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, is procuring a sole-source Access Control System from Advantor Systems under solicitation FA441826P0052, issued on May 21, 2026, with a signing date of May 13, 2026. This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order for the deployment of a standalone system at Building 162 to replace an aging infrastructure supporting the 437th Special Operations Squadron. The system must provide role-based access control, Common Access Card enrollment and authentication, real-time monitoring, reporting capabilities, and include ancillary components such as a laser report printer and Level II CAC enrollment reader. The procurement is justified under 10 U.S.C. § 3204(a)(1) because Advantor Systems is the only responsible source capable of meeting the mandatory technical and security requirements stipulated by Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705 and Physical Security Information System (PSIS) standards. No competitive process was conducted, and evaluation was limited to a binary pass/fail determination based on compliance with these mandatory criteria. Performance will occur entirely at Building 162, Charleston AFB, with onsite installation and support provided by Advantor system technicians who must be credentialed per ICD 705. The contract does not specify pricing, delivery schedule, FOB terms, or period of performance, and no detailed packaging, marking, or inspection criteria beyond ICD 705 compliance are outlined. Payment office details, accounting symbols, invoicing methods, and formal contract clauses are absent; however, the Contracting Officer is Nicole Alvarez and the COTR is Charles Thurman, both located at Joint Base Charleston. Advantor Systems holds a GSA Schedule (GS-07F-039DA), which supports vendor eligibility, but no UEI, CAGE code, socioeconomic status, or affirmative certifications from the vendor are included. No options, OCI mitigations, bonding, or insurance requirements are specified, and while SF1449 is referenced, no submission portal, deadline, or proposal formatting rules are provided, reflecting the non-competitive nature of the acquisition under FAR Part 6 and Part 12 procedures.