Notice of Intent to Sole Source

DEPARTMENT OF WAR

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES

1155 DEFENSE PENTAGON

WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1155

ACQUISITION DIRECTORATE

10/23/2026
Contracting Activity
Washington Headquarters Service
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22311
Department of War/Washington Headquarters Services (DoW/WHS) intends to solicit on a Limited source basis under statutory authority permitting Other than Full and Open Competition authorized under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) 6.302-1(c), Only One Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This brand name award is to Chesapeake Technology, Inc. (Cage Code: 1SAP1 / Unique Entity ID: KTUYZJY12379). The Contracting Officer has determined that Chesapeake Technology, Inc. is the only source reasonably available to perform these services in accordance with Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) 12.102(a) for acquisitions valued at or below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT).
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) requires a non-personal services contract for a vendor to procure and deliver SonarWiz Office Suite delivered to the DPAA in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. DPAA requires software to support the SA Laboratory underwater (UW) investigation and recovery efforts. The SonarWiz Office Software Suite will enhance the DPAA UW Archaeology team-ability to conduct remote sensing surveys to locate, identify, and record sites associated with U.S. service member loss incidents. The purchase of the SonarWiz Office software suite will enhance the overall capabilities of the DPAA teams to post-processes multiple types of data sets (side-scan, sub-bottom, multi-beam, magnetometry, and single-beam) and allow for each of the four UW Scientific Recovery Experts (SREs) to have an operational license for concurrent mission.
This is a Limited source brand name Notice of Intent. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a Request for Quote (RFQ), and no solicitation document is available. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement is based upon market research. Information received in reference to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government.