70 -- SSA Intends to Negotiate Solely with Noosh, Inc.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate solely with Noosh Incorporated, 3235 Kifer Road, Santa Clara, CA 95051 for the renewal of annual maintenance and support of the proprietary software, iData Flow Print Software package for the period of August 30, 2004 through August 29, 2005. iData Flow is currently installed and operating on machines at the SSA National Computer Center, 6201 Security Blvd., Woodlawn, Maryland. Interested parties are invited to submit information concerning their capabilities, experience, and other data pertinent to their ability to maintain iData Flow Print Software no later than 2:00 p.m. EST August 10, 2004. Pricing data may be submitted. This is not a request for proposal and the Government does not intend to pay for information submitted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of an evaluation of the information received. No contract award will be made on the basis of responses received; however, this information will be used in SSA’s assessment of capable sources. Responses to this notice should refer to iDATAFLOWCS0726. The size limitation for email attachments is five megabytes per individual email message. Only email responses will be permitted. If after August 10, 2004 no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, SSA shall initiate negotiations solely with Noosh, Inc.