# FOIAXpress Sole Source Justification Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/7200aa26m00003 - Solicitation number: 7200AA26M00003 - Notice type: Justification - Status: Awarded to Ains, LLC - Department: Agency for International Development - Contracting office: USAID M/Oaa (7200AA) - NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services - Product or service code: 7J20 Hardware and perpetual software licenses for IT Security products providing Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) for real-time operational security such as vulnerability scanning, cyber security, managing firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and security information and event management (SIEM). Also covers IT Disaster Recovery tools to enable backup and recovery; dedicated failover facilities, generators, UPS systems. - Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia - Who can bid, by location: Anywhere in the US. Location does not limit who can bid: a product shipped to the buyer, research at the performer's facility, or work at the contractor's site. A state shown is the delivery point. - County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001 - City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000 - First posted: September 29, 2026 - Last posted: September 29, 2026 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d3f7baf0a11f4853aaf1e4d25c7aa166/view ## Description The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of Award Terminations (OAT) intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition for its FOIAXpress Licenses and Technical Support services to AINS dba Casepoint (UEI: NEFMH93JD5J6). The Task Order will have a base period of performance of the date of award through September 30, 2027, and (3) three 6-month option periods (2 option periods, plus the priced 52.217-8 extension) are anticipated. The total estimated price for base and all options is: $1,301,478.45. FOIAXpress is a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) technology product built by Casepoint and is patent-protected and proprietary. There are no authorized resellers of FOIAXpress and the maintenance support services can only be provided by Casepoint. Please see the attached Federal Supply Schedule Sole Source Justification in accordance with GSAM 538.7104-3 for more information. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent to sole source is not a request for competitive quotations. ## Attachments - [7200AA26M00003 - FOIAXpress LSJ (fully-executed).pdf](https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/c0b29fc05c5e47f1a63276afb49185da/download) ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Ains, LLC (UEI NEFMH93JD5J6) - Contract: 7200AA26M00003 under GS35F576GA, delivery order - Obligated: $548,658.89 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offers received - Link: solicitation number 7200AA26M00003 was reused as the contract number; same awarding office 7200AA (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_7200AA26M00003_7200_GS35F576GA_4732/ - Recipient: Ains, LLC (UEI NEFMH93JD5J6) - Contract: GS35F576GA - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 999 offers received - Link: award number GS35F576GA equals the contract number; awarding office not confirmed (medium confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_GS35F576GA_4732/ ## Open now in the same industry 36 open in NAICS 541519. - Systems Engineering Request for Information (N0003926R0010), due November 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/n0003926r0010 - FOIA - Case Management (N31975FIOACMFY27), due November 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/n31975fioacmfy27 - U.S. Senate Wellbeing Application (2027-R-007), due November 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/2027r007 ## Publications - September 29, 2026: Justification. Notice d3f7baf0a11f4853aaf1e4d25c7aa166. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d3f7baf0a11f4853aaf1e4d25c7aa166/view ## Points of contact - Banchiamlak Gizachew, bgizachew@usaid.gov - Patrice Lopez, patlopez@usaid.gov --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/7200aa26m00003.