The Contracting Center of Excellence (CCE), on behalf of the Headquarters Department of the Army, Publishing Directorate, intends to award a sole source purchase order to Astoria Software, Incorporation, San Mateo, California. The contractor shall make available a: 1X Astoria Workgroup Authoring Server 38X Astoria SGML/XML Authoring Client (Concurrent up to 49) 1X Astoria Bridge to Arbor text EPIC 4.x Server License 1X Astoria SDK License for Windows NT/2000 The Government intends to solicit and negotiate the required services with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 (a)(ii)(B). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. However, the Government will consider all capability statements received by 10:00 A.M., 28 April 2009. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantage by the Government in future procurements. 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. The point of contact for this action is Mr. Robert Meekie, Contract Specialists (703)-428-0074 and email at
[email protected].