7A--TSC - RTS renewal and maintenance

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation has issued a Special Notice regarding the renewal and maintenance of its Relay Testing Software (RTS) platform. This is a Notice of Intent to Award a sole-source purchase order to Dole Engineering Company for RTS Annual Maintenance and Support services. The RTS platform provides specialized diagnostic, monitoring, and operational oversight of protective relay systems across Reclamation power facilities and is essential to the agency's relay testing infrastructure. The procurement is being conducted as a sole-source acquisition under FAR Subpart 13.5 based on findings that only one responsible source is reasonably available. The Bureau of Reclamation determined that no alternative sources capable of providing compatible maintenance exist for this proprietary system.

The primary objective of this Special Notice is to notify interested parties of the intended award while providing an opportunity for capable organizations to submit capability statements demonstrating their ability to provide compatible RTS maintenance and support services. Interested contractors must submit responses by Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 9:59 pm MDT to Michelle Romine, Contract Specialist, at Michelle_Romine@ios.doi.gov. To participate, organizations must demonstrate full compatibility with the RTS platform, authorization or capability to provide RTS support services, and technical capability to maintain and update the proprietary system. While this procurement carries a NAICS code of 513210 (Software Publishers) with a small business size standard of $47.0 Million, the government retains sole discretion to determine whether competition is appropriate based on submitted capability statements. The solicitation represents a firm-fixed-price purchase order opportunity for annual maintenance and support of critical power facility infrastructure.