Congress Plus Online

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE - THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD TO THE SOFT EDGE, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FOR THE EXECUTIVE SERVICES DIRECTORATE (ESD). Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) Acquisition Directorate (AD) intends to award a purchase order to The Soft Edge, Inc., the incumbent contractor, on a sole source basis under authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy the agency requirements. The Soft Edge, Inc. is the only source for Congress Plus Online Staff Email and Congress Plus Online User License. The required Software maintenance renewal is necessary for continued support for existing User Licenses. To not purchase this software maintenance would result in a severe loss in capability and support for the government and more specifically ESD. Specifically, the following service is required: Congress Plus Online Staff Email, one year renewal subscription and Congress Plus Online User License Renewal Subscription maintenance for five users, one year. This notice of intent is NOT a request for proposals or quotations. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by responding to this requirement, no later than 4:00 pm Eastern, 24 April 2012 by email to [email protected]. All information submitted should support the offerors capability to provide the items required, and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government reserves the right to cancel the Sole Source Award. The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 511210, Software Publishers, with a small business size standard of $25.0million.