J--Intergraph Hardware and Software Maintenance

NA The U.S. Geological Survey anticipates awarding a noncompetitive contract to Intergraph Corporation of Huntsville, Alabama for software and hardware maintenance. There is no written solicitation for this requirement. It is coded "No Solicitation Number - 03ER03". Performance requires the Contractor to have a high-level security clearance. The software and hardware to be maintained are located in Reston, Virginia and Denver, Colorado, Menlo Park, California, and Rolla, Missouri. The Contractor is required to provide maintenance and source revision updates for the Intergraph Commercial Off the Shelf Software packages. Maintenance will be required on newer photogrammetric workstations and associated software, and on aging photogrammetric scanners with associated custom-developed software. Sources offering software maintenance must have a license agreement with Intergraph Corporation, as they are the original manufacturer and have proprietary rights. The anticipated period of performance for this contract will be a base year with four option years. Potential sources for the required hardware and/or software maintenance services are invited to provide an affirmative response within 10 days of the publication date of this notice. The anticipated date of award is 9/1/03. Interested parties may respond with information on capabilities for both hardware and software maintenance or they may respond with only the capabilities for only hardware or the software. Responses should include full technical information on the vendor in such detail to enable the Government to confirm the submitter's capabilities to maintain the hardware and/or software. All responses will be evaluated in order to determine whether that firm has full knowledge of the USGS's requirement for maintenance of existing hardware and software in accordance with the above mandatory requirements. An affirmative response shall include literature, brochures, and other such information corresponding to the required items that demonstrates the capabilities of the offeror's services. All responses must be in writing; no telephone responses will be accepted. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY; NO COMPETITIVE RFP WILL BE AVAILABLE. Information will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination to compete this requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 541519. This requirement is a continuing action and Intergraph is the only known source who has the skills and knowledge required to perform the maintenance services. Numbered note 22 applies.