NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD LIMITED SOURCES - SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

The United States Department of Agriculture, National Information Technology Center (NITC), plans to award on a limited sources basis to Open Tech Systems, Inc., 405 State Hwy 121 Bypass, Lewisville, TX 75067, for the annual maintenance and technical support of a suite of proprietary OPEN TECH SYSTEMS products used by the NITC. The annual software maintenance is required for the following: DASD Backup Supervisor for 2500 MIPS and Tape/Copy & VDR for 1400 MIPS. The software products are supported exclusively by Open Tech Systems, Inc. and they are the sole provider for support and maintenance of the software products. All respondents are required to supply their Open Tech Authorized Reseller contract number as part of their quotation. All interested and potential firms must be registered in SAM.GOV, and current firms must update once a year to maintain active status. Please visit the www.sam.gov website to register and update information. This is not a request for proposal and no solicitation exists for this requirement. Please submit your response to Jennifer Adams, Contracting Officer, no later than 5:00pm CST, Wednesday, September 19, 2012. A determination by the government will be made if a competitive procurement is warranted. Telephone calls will not be accepted. Submit your response to Jennifer Adams, USDA/OCIO/NITC/RMS-CMB, P O Box 419205, Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6205