70--ELECTRIC UTILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EUMS)

This special notice is issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, San Carlos Irrigation Project, Coolidge, Arizona that the agency intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price purchase order pursuant to FAR 6.302-1 to Continental Utility Solutions, Inc. (a small business) in an estimated amount of $359,318 ($168,000 for the base year; $61,800 option year one; $63,654 option year two; $65,564 option year three). The contract to be awarded is for a previously advertised action issued under solicitation RMK00110007, awarded under contract A11PX90300 which subsequently expired for administrative reasons. The general description of services is stated as follows: The San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP), Colorado River Agency (CRA) and Truxton Canon Agency are all located in Arizona and utilizes the customer billing and collection software manufactured by Continental Utility Solutions, Inc. (CUSI) for all customer account monthly billing(s). Therefore, it is critical SCIP maintains technical support services from CUSI. SCIP must maintain annual license fees for proprietary software as offered by CUSI. The scope of the project is to complete the data conversion and the SCIP implementation of EUMS to include configuring the virtual EUMS servers housed in the Albuquerque NM data center. In addition the Elements, Secure e-Bill, Credit and ACH Payment Modules shall be implemented as well as the specified EUMS interfaces originally identified in the predecessor contract A11PX90300 statement of work. CUSI will also provide the annual maintenance, trouble-shooting and customer support required in EUMS. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation will be issued however all responses received within 10 calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no affirmative responses are received within 10 calendar days of this notice to determine whether a qualified source is more advantageous to the government, the award will be issued to CUSI. Responses must be received by 1:30pm Arizona Time on August 15, 2013. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The main site location is at the San Carlos Irrigation Project, 13805 North Arizona Boulevard, Coolidge, AZ 85128; alternate site locations are Colorado River Agency, 12124 1st Avenue, Parker, AZ 85344, Albuquerque Data Center, 1011 Indian School Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102, and Western Regional Office, 2600 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004 Point of Contact: Gary A. Haynes, Contract Specialist, Phone 520-723-6218, FAX 520-723-1179, email is [email protected]