J -- JOHNSON CONTROL HARDWARE/SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

The Bureau of the Census intends to issue a sole source proprietary hardware/software maintenance renewal utilizing simplified acquisition procedures (under FAR Part 13.5)to Johnson Controls, Inc. 5740 General Washington Drive, Alexandria, VA. 22312. Johnson controls retains control of the software source code which makes them the only vendor capable of making necessary or required software modifications to the systems as required by the maintenance agreement. It is financially and operationally in the best interest of the Government. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon 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 future competitive procurements. No solicitation document exists and requests for such document will be considered nonresponsive.