Gartner Licenses

Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management
Center, Wright-Patterson AFB OH, intends to negotiate a sole source
Firm-Fixed Price contract for Gartner for Research and Advisory
Licenses in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 15.2, as
supplemented with additional information in this notice. The
contract will be awarded to Gartner, LLC., Market research was previously conducted and it has been determined that this is a sole
source requirement IAW FAR 6.302-1.

This is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation is
available. All responsible sources may submit a capability
statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the
agency. Interested sources must respond in writing with clear and
convincing evidence to support their ability to provide the required
supplies/services within four (4) days of this publication.

A determination by the Government not to compete this action
based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the
Government.

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), Justification: Supplies required are
available from only one or a limited number of responsible source
and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency
requirements.

Market research was conducted with only one respondent able to
meet the government's needs without substanital mission impact
and duplication of costs: Gartner, LLC.

Col. Sean Tucker has been appointed as Ombudsman to hear
concerns from offerors, or potential offerors, during the proposal
development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate
contractoconcerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to
the appropriate government personnel. Existence of the
Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program
director or the contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman
does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the
evaluation of proposals or the source selection process and,
therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please
contact the buyer at the telephone number listed herein. When
requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to
the source of the concern.

Any questions regarding this acquisition should be directed to
theContract Specialist, Justin Hull @ 937-656-7490 or via email at justin.hull@us.af.mil. 

Should you desire to contact the Ombudsman, Col. Sean Tucker can be reached at e-mail:
sean.tucker.1@us.af.mil.