NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD LIMITED SOURCES - PURCHASE OF OPEN CONNECT SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

The United States Department of Agriculture, National Information Technology Center (NITC), plans to award a purchase order on a limited sources basis to OPENCONNECT, 2711 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS, TX for the enhanced technical support and software maintenance of WebConnect Server Production, WebConnect Server Backup, WebConnect Users Production, WebConnect Users Backup, and JCP Proxy Servers software. This suite of proprietary OPENCONNECT products is used by the NITC. 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 5:00 p.m. CDT, Friday, September 24, 2010. A determination by the government will be made if a competitive procurement is warranted. Telephone calls will not be accepted. Submit your response and price quote to Ms. Jennifer Adams, USDA/OCIO/NITC/RMD-CM, P.O. Box 419205,Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6205