Notice of Intent to Award on Sole-Souce Basis

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 MVS Solutions for Continuous Operation and High Availability for the operations of the IBM Parallel Sysplex being used by the FIS. The IBM 2096-002 Enterprise Server is being upgraded to an IBM 2096-T02 Enterprise Server. OPM customers using the zSeries Enterprise Servers use software products called ThruPut Manager and its component, ThruPut Manager/Dataset Contention Services. There is a requirement to provide real-time workload selection of batch processing coming into the IBM Parallel Sysplex to be able to be scheduled on either the IBM 2096-T02 or IBM 2096-T03 computer systems. This requirement will be satisfied by the procurement of the ThruPut Manager Automated Edition software component. 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 MVS Solutions. 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 Rory Page.