Notice of intent to award a sole source contract. The National Geospatial Agency (NGA), formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), intends to award a sole source firm fixed priced contract under the auspices of FAR Part 12 to Optia, United Computer Products, Co., Inc., Altoona, PA, for Classroom servers and disk array. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND/OR QUOTES. Interested parties have fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this Synopsis to submit in writing to the identified point of contact (POC) clear and convincing evidence of their qualifications and/or capabilities. Such qualifications and/or capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after fifteen (15) days or without required information will be considered non-responsive to this Synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government to either conduct or not conduct this effort as a full and open competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. All inquiries must be submitted in writing to the address or facsimile number stated herein to the attention of Mary Lyerly, Contract Specialist, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), 4600 Sanagmore Road, Bethesda, MD, 20816,
[email protected]. Responses must include your business name, point of contact, address and telephone number with area code. Telephone requests or inquiries will not be accepted. Responses may be faxed to 301-227-1461.