--Annual Maintenance service on software

Under the authority of 6.302-1, it is the Government's intent to award a sole source purchase to Inline Corporation, 45925 Maries Rd, Sterling, VA for the procurement of annual maintenance service to software. Inline Corporation is the proprietary d esigner and developer of a custom Fibre Channel Storage Area Network for the Armed Forces Medical Examiner. The main storage arrays are proprietary to Inline and all service and replacement parts must be provided from Inline. The custom solution provided by Inline integrates hardware and software from several different vendors. This is not a formal soilcitation. This synopsis is not considered a Request for Quotation or Proposal. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response t o this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative wiritten response is received, the purchase will be awarded without further notice. A determin ation by the Government not to compete this proposed contract price based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to the following e-mail address no later than 13 Aug 2007 at 4:00 p.m. to r [email protected].