Notice_of_Intent.docx

Notice of Intent

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) intends to make a sole source award to Vocera Communications, Inc. for Standard Maintenance Support for the Vocera Messaging Software. This is used to store critical emergency documents needed immediately following a PBGC emergency to smartphones of PBGC staff required to respond in the event of an emergency.

Vocera Communications, Inc. must provide the following:

· New Vocera releases, services packs, and hot fixes*

· Unlimited technical support incidents

· Technical Bulletins

· Number of designated support contacts (2 to 3)

· Number of designated RMA contacts (Up to 1)

· Telephone support

· Email support address (support@vocera.com)

· Web support URL (www.vocera.com/support)

* Some features may require additional charges for new capabilities

· Messaging, Standard Support, Perpetual, Vocera Content, add-on 50 licenses

· Software Delivery, Electronic Software Delivery

· VIC to Vocera Messaging Transition The period of performance is for One Twelve month Base Year.

This is not a Request for Quotation, but a Notice of Intent. An RFQ will not be issued. Interested parties may submit their capability statements for the required services to Judene Dayes at dayes.judene@pbgc.gov no later than May 23, 2016, 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will not reimburse any costs connected with providing the capability information. Oral communications will not be accepted in response to this notice.