This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 -Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. Defense Contract Management Agency - Headquarters, intends to issue a Firm-Fixed Price contract to Macrofocus, GmbH, located at Wasserwerkstrasse 10, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland on a Sole Source basis. Description of Work- the Defense Contract Management Agency requires ongoing maintenance/support of TreeMap which is proprietary and no other support or maintenance will meet requirement. Macrofocus is the only authorized seller in the US of Macrofocus TreeMap Software and therefore the proprietary support and maintenance. Duration of the contract shall be a 1 Base Year plus 4 one year options. Authority-FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) The Government's intent is to solicit and award this requirement to Macrofocus. Competition has been restricted due to the proprietary nature of the requirement. No sources were located that were technically acceptable without having to replace our current system costing the Government well over 50% in additional costs. It has thus been determined that it is in the Government's best interest to award this requirement as a sole source. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. The Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. The NAICS code is 511210 "Software Publisher" The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is $38.5M. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Interested concerns must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. Oral communications are NOT ACCEPTABLE in response to this notice. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the government. Responses and questions shall be submitted to Jennifer Henderson at
[email protected] . The Defense Contract Management Agency is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.