CUSI Technical Support Services

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 $125,000 ($25,000 for the base year in addition to $25,000 per year for four option years). The general description of services is stated as follows: The San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP) utilizes the billing 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. SCIP receives from CUSI all scheduled maintenance releases for the licensed software. Scheduled maintenance releases, which are issued periodically, maintain original software functionality and include available fixes for reported, verified, and corrected problems. CUSI provides technical support and maintenance services for the currently licensed CBSW billing software. CUSI will make available qualified technical representatives to assist SCIP with operation of proprietary software. Technical support provides for running approved hardware, database and operating system configurations. Maintenance support consists of developmental work to maintain the application which includes new version releases, functional enhancements, technology maintenance and error corrections. 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 December 1, 2011. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: The site location is at the San Carlos Irrigation Project, 13805 North Arizona Boulevard, Coolidge, AZ 85128. Point of Contact: Gary A. Haynes, Contract Specialist, Phone 520-723-6218, FAX 520-723-9044, email is [email protected]