Western Area Power Administration intends to acquire on a sole source basis from Open Access Technologies International Inc.'s (OATI) upgraded web hosted applications under the test program for commercial items, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13 and in conjunction with the authority of Section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. The resulting procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13. Western Area Power Administration is currently using the OATI webTrans, and all the other interrelated sister-programs indicated below. This will be handled as a commercial item acquisition prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subparts 12 and 13. This procurement is unrestricted and the North American Industry Standard (NAICS) is 511210 and the business size standard is $25 million. The contract is to supply upgrades for the following existing applications: e-Tagging OASIS Auto Scheduling Transmission Curtailment System OASIS e-Tagging Repository webSAS OATinet Dedicated Network Services Report Builder OASIS Test System FERC Order Impact e-Tag Reporting Accounting and Settlements Invoicing Test Quality Assurance System Services WAPAP Requirement Pre-emption Competition Conditional Curtailment Offering Module Simultaneous Submission Window Module WorkFlow Module Assessment of Schdule2 Flow Diagram Schedule2 Customer Exception List Revenue and Loss Distribution Factor Transmission Loss Flow Diagram Transmission Losses Customer Exception List Transmission Revenue Flow Diagram WALC Transmission Billing Summary WALC Transmission Billing Summary THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS/QUOTES. Responsible sources may submit a capability statement in response to this requirement, which shall be considered by the agency. Capability statements must be received by no later than April18, 2011 and shall include documentation on ability to satisfy the Government's requirements. Questions concerning this notice may be directed the Contracting Officer, Frances Gutierrez at
[email protected] or by faxing 970 461-7377. A determination by the Government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No solicitation will be posted. Information hours are 7:00am to 3:30pm MST, Monday through Friday.