NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD LIMITED SOURCES - PURCHASE OF PKWARE SOFTWARE

The United States Department of Agriculture, National Information Technology Center (NITC), plans to award on a limited sources basis to PKWARE, Inc., 648 N Plankinton Ave., Suite 220, Milwaukee, WI, 53203 for the annual maintenance and technical support of a suite of proprietary PKWARE Inc. products used by the NITC. The annual maintenance is required for PK-ZIP series, zSeries v9.0, SE server license and SecureZIP zOS, v9.0 standard server licenses. 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, October 9, 2009. A determination by the government will be made if a competitive procurement is warranted. Telephone calls will not be accepted. Submit your response to Ms. Jennifer Adams, USDA/OCIO/NITC/RMS-CMB, P O Box 419205, Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6205