Mainframe Peripheral and Software Maintenance Services

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to extend the term of Contract No. TIRNO-04-D-00004 with Access Systems, Corporation in Reston, VA for an additional 12 month option period pending the competitive award of the follow-on contract. The contract expires on September 30, 2014. The IRS does not anticipate award of the follow-on before this contract expires. The IRS has a continued need for the mainframe peripheral software and maintenance services. The existing Mainframe Peripheral and Software Maintenance Contract (MP&SMC) allows for uninterrupted mainframe peripheral and software maintenance service capibilities. The current contract services provides maintenance and support services to support Tier 1 (mainframe) IBM environment located at the Enterprise Computing Center-Martinsburg (ECC-MTB) and Enterprise Computing Center-Memphis (ECC-MEM). In addition, the contract provides the following: (1) on-site preventive, predictive, and remedial maintenance for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and IBM-compatible mainframe peripheral devices; (2) support services; and (3) software maintenance services, and software license support for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software products as licensed for IBM mainframe computer systems. The current Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will provide continued support while a competitive follow-on effort is acquired. The extension will start October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015. This Synopsis is a notice of intent to issue a modification to the current contract, and will thus be awarded other than full and open competition and should not be considered a request for competitive proposals. The determination of the Government not to open subject requirement to full and open competition was made in accordance with FAR 6.302.1 and 41U.S.C.253(c)(1) and is soley at the discretition of the Government. Please contact Kelven Jones, Contracting Officer, Phone (240) 613-8198. Award is anticipated no later than September 30, 2014.