70--Paisley Software Licenses

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Acquisition Service (AAS), Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Austin, TX intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Paisley Consulting Inc. ("Paisley") for software licenses (Paisley On Demand Full User Service) for their proprietary software, GRC ON DEMAND. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1) Only one responsible source and no other source will satisfy agency requirements. The award will be made as a commercial acquisition under FAR Part 12. Licensing will be for both Power Users and Business Users, and will include access by security profile to Financial Controls Management, Internal Audit, IT Governance, Operational Risk, General Compliance and Enterprise Risk modules. Award may include Professional Services training on use of the Paisley GRC application. The period of performance is anticipated to be from 10/1/07 through 9/30/08, with a 3 month option period. Third party firms will be considered only if responding with clear and convincing evidence that they have been granted rights by Paisley to provide the software licenses and maintenance service on the proprietary software identified herein. Responses must be in writing and must be received within 7 calendar days of this notice. In addition, responses must include pricing and documentation in sufficient detail to allow evaluation of the service. This includes the vendor's commercial price list, and GSA contract and price list (if one exists). This notice of intent is not a request for proposals. No solicitation documents are available and requests for such will be considered non-responsive. If one is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. The determination to open competition based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Responses may be faxed to 512-383-4316 to the attention of the Contracting Officer, with the hard copy to follow in overnight mail.