J&A for Sole Source

Added: Sep 19, 2015 3:32 pm PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) intends to negotiate a one-time sole source contract with Microsoft Corporation. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1.



This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Website (www.fedbizopps.gov). Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 541330, Engineering services.

BIA intends to award a non-competitive, sole source contract to Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond WA 98052for Microsoft Premier Services.

In an effort to consolidate disparaging Information Technology systems, BIA¿s Information Technology instituted a common operating environment. As part of this effort, BIA terminated various official email accounts for a business Echalk business system that were installed upon Microsoft Exchange 2007 Enterprise servers.

Microsoft is the only vendor that can provide the design implementation based upon Microsoft Exchange 2013 enterprise.

Microsoft is the sole-manufacturer and distributor of Microsoft Premier Services that will meet all of BIA¿s requirements.

The new system will be installed at the BIA¿s facility in Albuquerque NM.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to this office by 08:00 am, EST, September 18, 2015, by email to the attention of Mark Broughton, Contract Specialist, at mark.broughton@bia.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Telephone requests will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.



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