Notice of Intent to Award on a Sole Source Basis

Pursuant of FAR 6.302-1 “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements,” the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Federal Investigative Services (FIS) intends to award a sole-source order to GSA Schedule GS-35F-5337H/ Compuware for Compuware Software Upgrade as part of the IBM 2096-T02 upgrade. The IBM 2096-002 Enterprise Server is being upgraded to an IBM 2096-T02 to support FIS requirements for Continuous Operations and High Availabilty. As part of the strategic upgrade, the suite of Compuware software needs to be upgraded . This software provides the ability to do analysis on many different kinds of executing computer programs, utility functions, and also program testing. The products required are Abend-Aid,Abend-Aid CICS, File-Aid MVS, File-Aid Data Sol and File-Aid/RDX Test Data Solution. The Compuware inventory of software tools are the proprietary property of Compuware and its inner workings are known only to Compuware. No other vendor is authorized or able to provided this upgrade of the software license. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for action is 423430 – Software, computer, packaged, merchant wholesalers. This is not a solicitation for quotations, but rather a notice of the Agency’s intent to make a sole-source award to Compuware. There will be no solicitation issued or available. This notice is for information only. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS, AN INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. FURHTERMORE, IT DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR COSTS INCURRED IN PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF DATA OR ANY OTHER COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. You may email questions regarding this notice to the issuing office at: [email protected] or fax to 724-794-1152 Attention Michelle L. Pennington.