W--***NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE*** VACO Postage Machine Lease

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The Department of Veterans Affairs, Acquisition Business Service, 425 I Street NW, Washington DC, intends to award a sole-source contract to Pitney Bowes, Inc. (Pitney), 1 Elmcroft Road, Stamford, CT 06926. It will be a Firm-Fixed Price, base with four (4) additional one year option period contract to provide FMV lease and preventative maintenance and emergency repairs of three Connect+3000 Mailing Machines to be located at the VACO 810 Vermont Avenue, Washington, DC 20420 and at the VACO Mail Facility located at 425 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. The VACO Mail Facility currently has Pitney Bowes systems which will work in unison with these machines. Pitney is the only company identified as being capable of intermeshing with the current VACO Mail Facilities interface. Pitney uses a proprietary system which is unable to be acquired through any other company. The contract shall include but is not limited to: repair/replacement of parts and labor for these systems and installation along with the lease of three Pitney Bowes Connect+3000 Mailing Machines. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or a solicitation for offers. However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost information, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same products/services to Dan Cordes, Contract Specialist, at [email protected] by May 19, 2014 at 2:00 PM EST. All capability statements received by closing of this notification will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures. There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement unless responses received dictate otherwise. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 811219 with a Small Business Size Standard of $30 Million dollars. This is for informational purposes only and not to be construed as a commitment by the government. Any information submitted to this notice of intent is voluntary.