99--TAC-16-23865 CEOSH - Construction Cost Estimating Tool (IT support)

This is a Synopsis for Commercial services in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) subpart 12.6 and subpart 5.207. This notice does not in itself represent the issuance of a formal request for proposal/quote and is not intended to be taken as such. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Acquisition Operations, Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), located at 23 Christopher Way, Eatontown, NJ 07724 intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract, issued on a sole source basis for the renewal and continued support of the RS Means on-line construction and cost estimating software that is currently operating on VA servers behind the VA firewall. VA will also be expanding the number of user licenses during the period of performance. The software must be updated to operate on future versions of Internet Explorer (IE) when VA updates software on user desktops and laptops during the contract period and also be backward compatible with prior versions of IE. RS Means Company LLC., Hingham Street, MA 02370 sells the RS Means On-line version of the software and have the exclusive rights to sell the online version of RS Means cost estimating software required by VA to securely operate behind existing firewalls. The period of performance shall be 12 months from February 14, 2016 through February 13, 2017 followed by three 12-month option periods. The Statutory Authority for this effort falls under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1 entitled, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements." The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 334614 which have a small business size standard of 750 employees. The anticipated award date is February 14, 2016. This notification shall close on January 30, 2016. Questions/responses shall be submitted via e-mail to Contract Specialist, Dawn Eimont, [email protected] with the subject line as the synopsis number, VA118-16-Q-0929. The Point of Contacts for this action is Dawn Eimont, [email protected] and Charles W. Ross [email protected], Contracting Officer.