Catalog Recovery Plus Software

Added: Aug 05, 2008 10:21 am The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate solely with Mainstar Software Corporation for continued software maintenance and upgrades to SSAs perpetual license for Catalog Recovery+ software products. This action will be negotiated under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.



SSA intends to establish a contract for continued maintenance on software which is already installed and operating in a production environment on Government mainframe computers. Mainstar is the only source known to the Government that is capable of providing upgrades and maintenance support for the Catalog Recovery+ software product. The period of performance will be a base year with one (1) option year, starting October 2008. Mainstar will provide any revisions to the existing user documentation developed for the software or necessary to reflect all corrections, improvements or updates. Mainstar will provide SSA all upgrades, modifications, new releases, improvements, enhancements, extensions and other changes to the software developed by Mainstar and all updates to the software necessary to cause them to operate under new versions or releases of the softwares current operating system(s).



Written responses to this synopsis will contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. A solicitation is NOT available. Therefore, written and/or verbal requests for copies of a solicitation related to this announcement will not be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will evaluate infomration received to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement.





FORMAT OF RESPONSE:

This notice is neither a request for quotation nor an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation; this is a notice of intent for information only. The Government will not pay for any information or materials submitted in response. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. No contract award will be made on the basis of the responses received. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Katie Cooney, Contract Specialist, via email at Katie.Cooney@ssa.gov. Responses must be received by August 19, 2008.