NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION (NOPCA). The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis a Fixed Price Purchase Order with International Business Machines Corporation located at 6710 Rockledge Dr, Bethesda, MD 20817-1834, Cage Code 3BSY7 for the relocation of IBM equipment currently owned by OPM. The estimated Period of Performance (PoP) is for approximately 30 days. The services of an IBM authorized and approved relocation company shall be provided through IBM to maintain the IBM maintenance agreement and current warranties on the existing hardware. The proposed contract action is for the relocation of IBM equipment in which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source In Accordance With (IAW) 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), only one responsible source. The Government intends to make an award by July 2020. This is not a request for quotation, and the Government does not intend to pay for information received. A determination by the Government not to compete the requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If a firm believes it is capable of meeting the Government's requirement, it may identify its interest and capability to the Contract Specialist within 7 days of this publication. Interested firms must indicate whether they are large, small, any socio-economic classification, and whether they are U.S. or foreign owned. All questions and submissions in response to this notice must be submitted electronically via email to
[email protected] by 11:00 am Eastern time June 8, 2020. Telephone calls regarding this matter will be not be accepted nor returned. Contracting Officer's determination is hereby posted.