78 -- Vanguard Software Renewal

The Office of Personnel Management intends to issue a award on sole source that will result in a purchase order to Vanguard Integrity Professionals, 3035 E. Patrick Lane, Suite 11, Las Vegas, NV 89120 for the annual software license renewal and maintenance agreement on the Vanguard Administrator, Analyzer and Advisor software version 6.3, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and incorporates Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions and clauses as amended in FAC 2005-23, effective on January 25, 2008. The authority for the sole source is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1); FAR Part 6.302 - 1 Only One Responsible Source and no Other Supply or Service will satisfy agency requirements for this software licenses and maintenance. This requirement will be awarded to a small business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this requirement is 541511. The size threshold for determining whether or not an offeror is a small business is a company with gross annual sales not exceeding $23.0 million. The contractor will provide software for the mainframe security tools for OPM?s IBM RACF security system and productivity savings for the security administration staff in defining new users, granting security authorizations and running reports about existing security rules and how they apply to groups of users. THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE IS TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF FAR SUBPART 5.2. THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT. Therefore, no solicitation document is available. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet this requirement are invited to submit in writing, within 5 days of publication of this notice, complete information describing their ability to provide these services. Such information should contain pricing information for providing these services. The Government will not pay for information provided. Information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. Interested vendors are requested to contact the OPM Contracting Officer, Denise Haizlip-Harrod at [email protected] or by fax 202 606-1464.