Notice of Intent to Sole Source Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (DoD ESI) for Salesforce, Inc.

The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific (NIWC Pacific), intends to award a contract on a sole-source basis to Salesforce, Inc. for the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (DoD ESI). The authority for this sole-source contract is 10 U.S.C. § 3204(c)(1), which states that only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. • The contract will be awarded under the sole-source basis, meaning that only Salesforce, Inc. will be considered for the contract. • The Department of the Navy is using the authority of 10 U.S.C. § 3204(c)(1) to justify the sole-source contract. • The contract will be subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, and FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items.