NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION (NOPCA). The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis a Fixed Price Purchase Order with Velocity Software Inc., located at 196 Castro St, Ste D, Mountain View CA, 94041, Cage Code 1SZ21 for the purchase of renewing commercial Velocity Software Maintenance and Licensing. The estimated Period of Performance (PoP) is for three years consisting of a base period of one-year, 2 one-year option periods. This software is proprietary and Velocity Software is the sole source provider. In addition, Velocity Software has exclusive rights and does not have authorized resellers or other entities to maintain it. The proposed contract action is for the Velocity Software Maintenance and Licensing in which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source In Accordance With (IAW) 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), only one responsible source. The Government intends to make an award by Feb 2020. This is not a request for quotation, and the Government does not intend to pay for information received. A determination by the Government not to compete the requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If a firm believes it is capable of meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify its interest and capability to the Contract Specialist within 6 days of this publication. Interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, any socio-economic classification, and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. All questions and submissions in response to this notice must be submitted electronically via email to
[email protected] by 11:00 am Eastern time February 8, 2020. Telephone calls regarding this matter will be not be accepted nor returned.