99-- Notice Intent to Award Sole Source - Purchase of Software

The United States Department of Agriculture, National Information Technology Center (NITC), plans to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Software Engineering of America, 1230 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square, New York 11010, for the maintenance and technical support of a suite of proprietary SEA software products used by the NITC in Kansas City, Missouri. The software products used by NITC are currently maintained and upgraded under a USDA purchase order number AG-64WC-06-0037. 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 12:00 noon CDT October 23, 2006. A determination by the government will be made if a competitive procurement is warranted. NO TELEPHONE CALLS will be accepted. All interested parties shall respond to this notice in writing to [email protected]