70--Notice of INtent to Sole Source with Internet Systems Consortium BIND

The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate solely with Internet Systems Consortium, Inc., 950 Charter Street, Redwood City, CA 94063, for a firm fixed price purchase order for maintenance on Internet Systems Consortium BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) software. Maintenance for the product includes subscription to upgrades, fixes and patches as well as 24/7 email, internet and telephone helpdesk support 365 days per year. This software is proprietary to Internet Systems Consortium. Only Internet Systems Consortium has access to the source code necessary to provide the required maintenance subscription composed of version upgrades and updates, bug fixes and patches, and telephone/internet support and there are no authorized resellers of the product. The authority for this acquisition is set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) ?Soliciting from a Single Source.? Written responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. 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. All questions and submissions in response to this notice must be submitted electronically via email to [email protected] by 12 PM EST on February 27, 2015. No telephone calls regarding this matter will be accepted nor returned.