D--HEAT Licensing, Maintenance, and Professional Services

Notice of Sole Source Intent This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. The Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Regional Office intends to award a contract for HEAT Licensing, maintenance, and professional services for all Bureau of Reclamation office located in the 17 western states (WA, OR, CA, NV, ID, UT, AZ, MT, WY, CO, NM, TX, ND, SD, NE, KS, OK). Reclamation has found HEAT Software, Inc. to be the only source to successfully provide the services for this contract action due to HEAT Software¿s ownership, and proprietary rights to the software. The resulting contract will be for a 12 month base period, and include 2 additional 12-month option periods. Since Reclamation believes that only one responsible source can fully provide the services that will satisfy the agency¿s requirements, a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition is in being processed. The Government anticipates award around on or around January 27, 2017; services to begin February 2, 2017. Vendors that have questions regarding the sole source nature of the requirement or vendors that believe they can fully provide the required services are encouraged to identify themselves and give written notification to the Contracting Officer. In order to allow for sufficient Government consideration and potential quote evaluation, vendors must submit their written Letter of Interest no later than October 19, 2016. Responses received after October 19, 2016, may not be considered by the Government. Responses to this notice must be mailed to the Bureau of Reclamation - GP-5000; PO Box 36900; Billings, Montana 59107, faxed to 406-247-7798, Attn: Amanda Somerville, or e-mailed to [email protected]. Due to the system limitations of FBMS, no responses can be sent from FedBizOpps or FedConnect during this time; be sure to send any responses directly to the address, fax, or email above. All responses should include the vendor¿s Duns and Bradstreet (DUNS) Number and Tax Identification Number (TIN). Vendors should additionally identify themselves as either a ¿small business¿ or an ¿other than small business¿ under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541511. The applicable Small Business Size Standard is $27.5 million. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Any contractor interested in doing business with the Federal Government must register in the System for Award Management database prior to award of a contract or agreement. SAM is a Federal Government owned and operated FREE website at www.SAM.gov. All invoices for this procurement must be submitted through the Department of Treasury¿s Internet Payment Platform located at www.IPP.gov. Any questions regarding this proposed action can be directed to Amanda Somerville at 406-247-7797 or [email protected].