NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT: The Department of Education, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Contracts and Acquisitions Management, located at 550 12th Street SW, Washington, D.C., 20202, intends to award a sole source contract to Annams Systems Corporation DBA Sunflower Systems, located at 2420 Camino Ramon, Suite 130, San Ramon, CA, 94583 for 10 Each Sunflower Configured CN70: Barcode Scanner (including Sunflower Software Installation and Testing); 10 Each Intermec Hardware Maintenance Service Contract (3-year); and 10 Each Shipping and Handling. The contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one sole source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Written responses must include sufficient information to establish capability to fulfill the requirement. Any responses to this notice of contract action shall be submitted to Matt Healey, via email at
[email protected], no later than 8:00 AM, EST, 23 September 2014.