Pitney Bowes Mapinfo Software Maintenance

This announcement publicizes the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) intent to award a sole source contract to Pitney Bowes (PB) Software Inc., 4200 Parliament Place, Suite 600 Lanham, MD 20706. Note that the Federal Supply Class for this acquisition is D399. NGA has a requirement for the following items: CLIN 0001: Quantity: 1,280, Item: PB Mapinfo MATS Silver Maintenance, Part 6MIUPUSWNMATSM CLIN 0002: Quantity: 4, Item: PB Mapinfo MATS MapExtreme 2005 Maintenance, Part 6MTSUENWNMATSM CLIN 0003: Quantity: 2, Item: PB Mapinfo Upgrade Protection MapExtreme 2005 SDK Maintenance, Part 6MTSUENWNMANTM CLIN 0004: Quantity: 20, Item: PB Mapinfo Professional English Licenses, Part 1MIUUENWN The proposed duration of the contract is as follows: Base Year, 10 Sep 2008 through 09 Sep 2009 Option One, 10 Sep 2009 through 09 Sep 2010 Option Two, 10 Sep 2010 through 09 Sep 2011 No solicitation is available. Statutory authority for the sole source acquisition is 10.U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Via this new contract NGA will enter into a sole source contract with Pitney Bowes Software for renewal of the above referenced software maintenance agreements as well as additional licenses. Pitney Bowes Software is the only source available who can provide these software licenses and annual maintenance agreements due to proprietary rights and copyright restrictions. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. See Numbered Note 22.