THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE FIXED PRICE CONTRACT FOR TRAINING REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATION UNDER THE FAR 6.302-1 TO ACCESSDATA CORPORATION, 384 SOUTH 400 WEST, SUITE 200, LINDON, UTAH 84042.  THE FBI COMPUTER ANALYSIS RESPONSE TEAM (CART)FORENSIC ANALYSIS UNIT (FAU) IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE METHODS OF ACQUIRING, EXAMINING, AND PRESENTING COMPUTER GENERATED (DIGITAL) EVIDENCE.  THE FSU DIGITAL EVIDENCE LABORATORY (DEL) TRAINING RPOGRAM IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR CART FORENSICS EXAMINERS.  THE SOFTWARE IS CALLED FORENSICS TOOL KIT(FTK).  ACCESSDATA HOLDS THE PROPRIETARY LICENSES TO THIS SOFTWARE USED BY CART FORENSICS EXAMINERS, AND THEREFORE, IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF THE SOFTWARE AND TRAINING REQUIRED.  TRAINING USING THIS SOFTWARE IS A REQUIRED CLASS FOR THE FORENSICS EXAMINER TRAINEES.  TRAINING IS HANDS-ON AND PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVELY USE ACCESSDATA'S FORENSIC SOFTWARE TOOLS.  TRAINING FOR CERTIFICATION ALSO REQUIRES STUDENTS TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT AN EFFECTIVE WINDOWS-BASED INVESTIGATION USING ADVANCED SEARCH AND FILTERING TECHNIQUES ONLY FOUND IN THE ACCESSDATA ULTIMATE TOOL KIT.  CLASSES ARE PROVIDED AT VARIOUS TRAINING FACILITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 18 STUDENTS PER CLASS.  THE DETAILED, IN-DEPTH LEVEL OF TRAINING REQUIRED BY CART INVOLVING THIS REQUIRED SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH ACCESSDATA CORP.  NO OTHER VENDOR CAN PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE FOR THIS SPECIFIC TRAINING.  THIS NOTICE WILL BE DITRIBUTED SOLELY THROUGHT THE GSA FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY (FBO) WEBSITE WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV.  INTERESTED PARTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE FBO SITE TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROCUREMENT.  THIS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE.  ANY INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO LAURIE L. WILLIAMS, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, QUANTICO CONTRACTS UNIT, AT 703-985-6118 OR BY E-MAIL AT [email protected].  NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.  THIS CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAR PARTS 12 AND 13.5.  THE AWARDEE MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION DATABASE. 

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