The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to issue a sole source contract to DiscoverWare, Inc., 3807 9th Street SE, Calgary Alberta, Canada T2G3C7. The base period of performance will be 12 months with four one-year options. DiscoverWare will modify existing modules of the computer based training (CBT) program which they initially developed. The FAIM Basics computer based training is just one of the modules that may be modified due to the transition to WindowsXP and associated applications. Other modules that DiscoverWare developed may also be modified on an as-needed basis, such as the Performance Based Inspection System (PBIS) software training modules. Because the programming and scripts are based upon a proprietary interface and development tool owned by DiscoverWare, they are the only firm that can do this work. The determination by the government to issue a sole source contract is made under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 and is solely at the discretion of the Government. This notice of intent is not a Request For Proposal (RFP). See Numbered Note 22. Responses are due by 3:00 p.m. on November 18, 2002. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Responses must be submitted to Debra C. Kaelberer, Contracting Officer, at USDA, FSIS, ASD, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Maildrop 5230, Beltsville, MD 20705-5230. Responses will also be accepted by fax at 301-504-4276 or by e-mail at
[email protected].