This is a NOTICE OF INTENT for the Government to award a Sole Source purchase order for the services of TESLA GOVERNMENT INC. on Behalf of the Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs, Office of Science Technology Cooperation (OES/STC). This will be for one (1) base year, with two (2) option years.

This contract is for TESLA GOVERNMENT INC. to provide continued support for International Science, Technology, and Innovation Exchange (ISTIX) to maintain secure servers for the platform on which ISTIX was developed, fix bugs that might arise in ISTIX library and underlying platform, develop new technical features that require backend access and will further increase the usability of ISTIX (ex: updating to provide services using new technologies, creating features such as notifications, etc.), create new pages for new document (not the content, just the physical page on which content can go), and provide information to the State Department for required ongoing security and access reporting.

This sole source contracting action is pursuing a waiver from placing an order on a competitive basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. This hereby constitutes a synopsis of the options included in this requirement. Should potential offerors believe they have a solution that meets the needs as described in the SOW, respond to this notice by submitting a brief summary of capabilities that would give the government enough information to effectively evaluate the response. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes; however, all responses received by the deadline located in this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government whether a competitive procurement is feasible may be based upon responses to this notice and is solely at the discretion of the Government. If no affirmative responses are recieved by the deadline to determine whether a qualified source is more advantageous to the Government, an award will be negotiated with TESLA GOVERNMENT INC. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective described in the attached draft SOW.

The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.

Please provide your responses to this Notice of Intent by December 6, 2023. Notice of Intent Submissions will be accepted as email attachments only. All responses must be sent to Alexander Bring (BringAG@state.gov), with "ISTIX Notice of Intent" in the subject Line.

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