Notice of Award- SHI

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Federal Student Aid intends to award a fixed-priced contract to Software House International (SHI), located at 33 Knightsbridge RD, Piscataway, NE, 08854 on a sole source basis. A Software license and maintenance support renewal is being procured for the performance of vulnerability scanning to meet the FISMA requirements for proactive risk reduction and continuous system monitoring of possible security risk or vulnerabilities. The anticipated cumulative contract value for a 12-month period is $3,115.00. The base year period is from September 29, 2009 to September 28, 2010. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.106-1(a)(2)(b)(1) entitled, "Soliciting from A Single Source.", For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available ( e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name or industrial mobilization).