Knowledge Dispatch Enterprise Software Maintenance Licenses

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Research and Development Center – Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) in Champaign, IL has a requirement to procure the annual software maintenance license for the Knowledge Dispatch v3.5 Enterprise Application Server and include options to renew for four additional years.

ERDC-CERL intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Strictly Business Computer Systems, Inc in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

Market research indicates that Strictly Business Computer Systems, Inc is the only source for this requirement because the software is exclusively owned, maintained, supported, and licensed by the company.  An annual license renewal is required for this previously purchased software.  The maintenance license provides software bug fixes and incremental updates to the existing software as well as limited online and telephone support related to installing and updating the software.

This is not a small business set aside. 

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. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will be in any way alter the Government’s acquisition strategy.

Please provide responses to this notice no later than the Response time listed above in this notice, to:

CERL-CT_QUOTES@usace.army.mil

Telephone responses will not be accepted.

Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offers list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation.  A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.