Annual Renewal of VA One Modules

Added: May 23, 2016 9:48 am ***PLEASE CONTACT STEVEN S. SHAW TO SUBMIT CAPABILITIES TO steven.s.shaw@nasa.gov ***

***THIS IS A NON COMPETITIVE SYNOPSIS***

NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has a requirement for the annual lease renewal of VA One Modules and VA One Module Maintenance and Support.

NASA/MSFC intends to purchase items from ESI-Group, North America on a sole source basis.

The ESI-Group has proprietary copyrights on the VA One software. The requested lease renewal and maintenance are not available from any source other than the ESI-Group. By nature of the copyrights on the VA One source code and the trade secret methods existing only with the ESI-Group, only they possess the unique qualifications to provide the software lease, maintenance, and support to satisfy the Governments requirements

The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.

Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact Steven S. Shaw at steven.s.shaw@nasa.gov not later than 12:00 p.m. CST on 05/27/2016. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government.

Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.

All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.

NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html .

***PLEASE CONTACT STEVEN SHAW TO SUBIT CAPABILITIES TO steven.s.shaw@nasa.gov ***