**SPECIAL NOTICE** The Mission Installation Contracting Command - Fort Bliss (MICC - Fort Bliss) intends to award a Sole Source Purchase Order for Renewal of Syncsort BEX Backup Software to Syncsort Incorporated, 50 Tice Blvd Suite 250, Woodcliff Lake, NJ, 07677-7603. Authority cited: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1) Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirement. The proposed acquisition will result in a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order. The delivery location is Fort Bliss, Texas 79916 and the proposed terms are FOB destination. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 511210, Software Publishers and the SBA standard size is $38.5 million. However, respondents may identify other potential NAICS codes and the reasoning to support the recommendation. Information received will be considered for the purpose of determining whether the Government will conduct a competitive procurement. A determination not to compete this proposed acquisition based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All qualified sources may submit a response, which if timely received, will be considered by the MICC - Fort Bliss. The Government does not intend to pay for information provided by an agency. Facsimile submissions and oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice; all responses must be submitted electronically via email. Requirement description: (1) Syncsort BEX Master Licenses -Windows: Advanced Client (2) Base Windows APM Clients, qty 4 (3) SAN Device Server- Windows, qty 5 (4) UNIX Clients, qty 5 (5) Windows Clients, qty 5 (6) Advanced Client- Windows, qty 12 (7) Advanced Client - Linux, qty 1 (8) Jukebox Support - Up to 175 Slots, qty 1 (9) Multiple 0/S Key- up to 2 Add' 1 0/S, qty 1 (10) Clustered Physical Node for Windows, qty 4 (11) SQL Server Direct Interface, qty 1 (12) SAN Resource Sharing (SRS), qty 2 (13) AdvClient Opt Appl Recovery MS SQL Server XRS Advanced Recovery, qty 2 (14) Advanced Recovery- Up to 10 TB, qty 1 **NOTICE TO OFFERORS** The vendor will be required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database and Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF). Interested parties responding to this Notice of Intent shall submit the following information at a minimum: (1) Company's full name, address, telephone, point of contact with email address, and Federal Tax Identification number. (2) Organizational point of contact to include name, telephone number and e-mail address (3) DUNS Number and Cage Code, for proof of System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/#1 (4) Company size: small or large, HUBZone, 8(a), SDB, Woman-owned, Service disabled veteran-owned. (5) Proposal for the requirement components Written responses must be received no later than 23 September 2014, 01:00PM Mountain Standard Time (MST). The proposal shall be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist, Paola E. Caceres, at
[email protected] and the Contracting Officer, Hester Stone, at
[email protected]. Response is strictly voluntary; no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. The point of contact for this action is Paola E. Caceres; please ensure that you email an electronic copy of the proposal to him, along with any questions or concerns. He can be reached via email at
[email protected] or at 915-568-2247.