SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Intent to Sole Source - GrayKey by GrayShift
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Fiscal Service, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Avery 5F, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26106-5312, United States
- ZIP Code
- 26106-5312
- Solicitation Number
- SS-TGT-18-068
- Archive Date
- 9/4/2018
- Point of Contact
- Sara Bonnette, , PAUL WHITE,
- E-Mail Address
-
purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov
(purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE GrayKey by GrayShift - GrayShift, LLC - SS-TGT-18-068 The Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) Division of Procurement Services, on behalf of the Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration (TIGTA) Office of Investigation Services, intends to make award to GrayShift, LLC, 1475 Lake Forest Ln, McDonough, GA, 30253-5598, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 6.302-1, for the purchase of GrayKey by GrayShift. These products and services may include but are not limited to the following products. The final consolidated product list will be tailored through negotiations and finalized at time of award: TIGTA requires software whereby a phone can be unlocked "on-site" (in TIGTA's possession without sending the phone away). The proposed contractor developed and owns the propriety software that are used in these products and support the services specifically required for this acquisition; thereby the proposed source has the sole unique technical and other resources required for this acquisition. IRS eAuthentication and an IRS Mobile application utilize smart phones to authenticate users. Cybercrimes routinely seizes iPhones during premises search warrants, which are locked. As the maker of the iPhone, Apple has consistently tried to go against the needs of law enforcement by making their iPhones secured even with a legally obtained search warrant. GrayKey unlocks them so as we can lawfully search them for evidence of the crime. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. A request for more information, or a copy of the solicitation, 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 1:00 PM EST August 20, 2018. Responses must be submitted electronically to purchasing@fiscal.treasury.gov, Attn: SRB/PW REF SS-TGT-18-068. Vendor responses must include sufficient evidence that clearly shows the proposed product is capable of meeting all of the characteristics of the GrayKey. If no written response is received that clearly demonstrates an ability to meet all requirements and is received by the aforementioned deadline, Fiscal Service shall make award on a sole source basis to GrayShift. Qualified contractors must provide the following: 1. The name and location of your company, contact information, and identify your business size and socioeconomic category (Large Business, Small Business, Disadvantaged Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HubZone, etc.). Please ensure contact information includes the name of the point of contact, email address, and telephone number should the Government have questions regarding individual responses. 2. Whether your product is available through a Government contract vehicle or Open Market. 3. A brief capabilities statement (not to exceed 5 pages) that includes a description of your company's standard line of business, as well as a list of customers your company currently provides these products/services for. 4. DUNS Number. The following file extensions are not allowable and application materials/data submitted with these extensions cannot be considered:.bat,.cmd,.com,.exe,.pif,.rar,.scr,.vbs,.hta,,.cpl, and.zip files. Microsoft Office compatible documents are acceptable. No other information regarding this Special Notice will be provided at this time. 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.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/BPD/DP/SS-TGT-18-068/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: City Center Building, 1401 H Street, NW Suite 469, Washington, District of Columbia, 20005, United States
- Zip Code: 20005
- Zip Code: 20005
- Record
- SN05025503-W 20180809/180807231813-640f7111b6ba0fe8235072bc1d39cb99 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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