Avid Technology Services Intent to Sole Source this requirement

This is a Special Notice for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2, Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions. This announcement constitutes the only Notice of Intent (NOI) to Sole Source (SS) and synopsis of proposed action.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Institute for Learning, Education, and Development (ILEAD) maintains a broadcast facility in St. Louis Missouri, intends to issue and award a Sole Source single award Firm-Fixed Price type contract with for live high definition (HD) video television studio, control room and Avid post-production. ILEAD currently utilizes an Avid FastServe to record and playback for live studio events and transfers the media to an Avid Media Central environment.

This requirement has a delivery date of within 90 days of contract award to. Department of Veterans Affairs 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Bldg. 56 St. Louis, MO 63125 It has been determined that through initial Market Research, only 1 (one) responsible source can provide the required items identified below. The contract will be a Firm Fixed Price single award. The statutory authority for this non-competitive acquisition as implemented by FAR 6.302-1.

Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541519 - OTHER COMPUTRE RELATED SERVICES, with a small business size standard of $21.5 million, and the FSC/PSC is R499 SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to solicit and award IAW FAR 8.004 a sole source firm fixed task order award. See the Sole Source Justification and PWS below for additional details.