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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 30, 2011 FBO #3535
SPECIAL NOTICE

70 -- Software Maintenance

Notice Date
7/28/2011
 
Notice Type
Special Notice
 
NAICS
511210 — Software Publishers
 
Contracting Office
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910
 
ZIP Code
20910
 
Solicitation Number
NRMA0000-11-03235
 
Archive Date
8/30/2011
 
Point of Contact
Patricia McBride-Finneran, Phone: 301-734-1239
 
E-Mail Address
patricia.mcbride-finneran@noaa.gov
(patricia.mcbride-finneran@noaa.gov)
 
Small Business Set-Aside
N/A
 
Description
****NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Eastern Acquisition Division-Silver Spring, MD, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) with EMC 2 for the purchase of maintenance for the EMC 2 tape backup software. **** The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA), Office of Oceanic Atmospheric Research’s continued need for maintenance of their client agents and server software that provide the backup solution for the email, calendar, and directory system. The maintenance agreement gives updates to the software that may be release to address any security vulnerabilities of performance problems. The EMC 2 software license is currently installed on the backup system by the Message Operation Center (MOC) to provide backups of data in cases of critical failure on the email system and to meet COOP requirements for system reconstitution. Maintenance for this software is only available through the product manufacturer (EMC 2 ). The only alternative would be to replace the software with a different product, which would be cost prohibitive. Changing now would require the purchase of a new vendor’s software to replace the maintenance with EMC 2 and would require buying a first time licensing and maintenance (costing four or five times as much as EMC 2 maintenance). It would also require additional labor cost to install and implement the new software (40-80 man hours). These costs would be avoided by renewing the maintenance with EMC 2 for the current backup solution that is already deployed on the Message Operation Center email servers allowing uninterrupted service. Delivery by August 15, 2011. ***This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide the space and service as described that fully meets the Government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
 
Web Link
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/OCSOAR/NRMA0000-11-03235/listing.html)
 
Place of Performance
Address: 1315 East West Highway, SSMC3 RM11105, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
Zip Code: 20910
 
Record
SN02513562-W 20110730/110728235134-531b1401f682b0b7e5f34bdc31253d87 (fbodaily.com)
 
Source
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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