12 months T Cube Web Interface (TCWI) Operations and Maintenance

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.

The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) intends to negotiate a sole source firm fixed price contract with Auton Systems LLC, located at 5448 Darlington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 only one or a limited number of responsible sources will satisfy agency requirements.

The requirement is for a non personal services contract to provide T Cube Web Interface (TCWI) application maintenance and support. T Cube is software that provides analyses and reports for use in food safety management decision making. This effort includes software problem fixes, technical support, and software upgrades.

T Cube Web Interface (TCWI) is the intellectual property of Carnegie Mellon University. As such, access to the application's source code is limited to the University and its commercial entity Auton Systems, LLC.

The contract is for a period of performance of twelve (12) months, and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541519 with a size standard of $ 27.5 M.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS

Responsible, interested parties may identify their interest by submitting capability information by September 19, 2018 at 3 pm EST in order to establish the ability of the responder to meet this requirement. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed contract based upon responses received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered for the sole purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Please email your capability information (using either pdf, MS Word, or Excel attachments) to Dwight Hill at Dwight.hill@fsis.usda.gov

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