Inteum Minuet Software Purchase for NOAA OAR/ORTA/TPO

***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINSTRATION (NOAA) OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR) ORTA TPO INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH INTEUM MINUET, LLC LOCATED AT KIRKLAND, WA TO PROVIDE INTEUM MINUET SOFTWARE.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT INTEUM MINUET, LLC IS THE SOLE PROVIDER OF THEIR SPECIALIZED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOLUTION (IPMS) SOFTWARE.

“INTEUM COMPANY LLC (INTEUM) IS THE LONGEST SERVING AND MOST TRUSTED SOFTWARE PARTNER AND PROVIDER TO THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER COMMUNITY.

MINUET, PROVIDES INTUITIVE AND FLEXIBLE MANAGEMENT OF YOUR ENTIRE INNOVATION LIFE CYCLE: FROM INITIAL INVENTION DISCLOSURE TO THE FINAL COMMERCIAL PRODUCT (AND IN BETWEEN WITH KEY FUNCTIONALITIES LIKE IEDISON UPLOADS, KEEPING TRACK OF FINANCES AND CALCULATING DISTRIBUTIONS, ETC.). INTEUM’S BENCHMARK SOFTWARE DESIGN, MINUET, PROVIDES INTUITIVE AND FLEXIBLE MANAGEMENT OF YOUR ENTIRE INNOVATION LIFE CYCLE: FROM INITIAL INVENTION DISCLOSURE TO THE FINAL COMMERCIAL PRODUCT (AND IN BETWEEN WITH KEY FUNCTIONALITIES LIKE IEDISON UPLOADS, KEEPING TRACK OF FINANCES AND CALCULATING DISTRIBUTIONS, ETC.). INTEUM OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION, TRAINING, AND ONGOING SUPPORT. MINUET IS THE ONLY TRUE EXTENSIBLE PLATFORM WITH UNEQUALLED FLEXIBILITY TO CONFORM TO THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS. MINUET ALSO INTEGRATES WITH MS OFFICE AND CAN INTERFACE WITH THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS, WITH UNEQUALED EXPERIENCE.”
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 3 YEARS FROM DATE OF AWARD

***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION 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 CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE