The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), located at 260 Industrial Way West, Eatontown, NJ 07724 intends to enter into a contract on the basis of other than full and open competition for release management services which include Serena Dimensions system administrator support for corporate code repository which stores all benefit payment system production code for Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) applications and end-user support for Region 5, VBA Benefits Payment Systems. The TAC intends to award a sole source, 12-month, firm-fixed-price contract with two 12-month options to Advanced Facility Management Services (AFMS), Inc., 60 S. Washington Street, Greencastle, PA 17225, a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) pursuant to authority 38 U.S.C. 8127(c), Veterans First Contracting Program and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-5, Authorized or required by statute. The proposed action will provide on-site support at the various Information Technology Centers (ITCs) consisting of the following: Management and maintenance of VBA, Region 5, corporate code source repository for release management; creation, configuration and support of test environments for all future releases; system administration support to over 650 users located across multiple offices and organizations; support of customized applications for release management to multiple platforms; assistance with the development of release management processes and procedures; continual end-user training and user support; and assessment of current version control system and release practices. The solicitation number for this effort is VA118-12-R-0546. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 541519. The estimated date of award for this action is September 6, 2012. This is a notice of intent, not a request for proposals. Questions regarding this action may be directed to Lana Farber, Contract Specialist at
[email protected] or Carol G. Newcomb, Contracting Officer at
[email protected].