Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract The Army Contracting Command - National Capital Region (ACC-NCR), on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements to SAS Institute, 100 SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513-2414. SAS Institute, Inc will provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to provide Statistical Analysis Software support services to ARI. This action will result in a Firm Fixed Price contract with a period of performance of twelve (12) months from date of Award. The NAICS code for this requirement is 511210 with a size standard of $25M. This Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There is no solicitation document. No RFP will be available for competitive proposals. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Contract Specialist, Berlinda Stills who can be reached at
[email protected]. Interested parties may express their interest and provide a capabilities statement NLT Friday, 18 March 2011 at 10:00 AM EST. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon receipt of responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.