D -- Minitab 14 Software Licenses

It is the intent of the NAVAIR Orlando Training Systems Division, Orlando, FL to solicit and award a sole source FFP purchase order to MINITAB, Inc. (Quality Plaza, 1829 Pine Hall Road, State College, PA 16801-3008) under statutory authority 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1), set forth in FAR 6.302-1. The Government has a requirement to continue support training in the Lean Six Sigma pricipals. Minitab Release 14 is a statistical software package already integrated into the Lean Six Sigma training cirriculum, which includes training modules and exerceses that utilize MINITAB INC proprietary date input and analysis. This requirement will renew the user licensing agreement. The folloing is a brief description of the requirements to purchase the MINITAB RELEASE 14 SOFTWARE LICENSES for this effort. MINITAB software is a comprehensive statistical and graphical analysis software package used in Six Sigma and other quality improvement projects. MINITAB includes the folloing features and capabilities: Basic and Advanced Statistics; Regression and ANOVA; Time Series; Presentation-Quality graphics, simulations and distributions; Flexible Data Import, Export, and Manipulation; Statistical Process Control (SPC); Design of Experiments (DOE); Reliability Analysis; Multivariate Analysis; Sample Size and Power Calculations. Interested Firms may submit their capabilities and qualifications to the identified point of contact not later than 18 Feb. 2008, 5:00pm eastern time. Such capabilities and qualifications will be evaluated solely for informational purposes. This is not a request for quotes, and this notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document exists at this time, and any information submitted is for information purposes only; it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any services, or for the Goverment to pay for the information received. If you have any questions or concerns please contact: Melvin Jones, Contract Specialist by email at [email protected] or by phone at 407-380-4495, fax (407) 380- 4742.