Knowvation digital software

The Department of Labor, Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), intends to award a sole source contract under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) - Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available, to Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. dba PTFS, 1801 Research Blvd, Ste 310, Rockville, Maryland 20850-3184, for monitoring and maintenance of services and software for a ArchivalWare/Knowvation, which is a web-based, full-text search and retrieval system sold by PTFS, Inc. for our OCIO Remote Section, of MSHA located in Denver, Colorado 80225.
PTFS, Inc. is the sole developer and only vendor with the required capabilities to maintain the Knowvation TM Software application. As the developer of the Knowvation TM application, PTFS is the only vendor with direct access to the source code of the application. PTFS is the only supplier of the Knowvation TM product that maintains the technical services (development, installation, training, and maintenance) in order to support Department of Labor/MSHA use of the Knowvation TM application. These services require annual renewal in order to maintain technical support and obtain access to software upgrades and patches. Without this service, the TICL will not have access to critical technical support services for this product and will be unable to obtain downloads of software upgrades and patches required by the system.
This action will result in a firm fixed price contract with four (4) "Option" years (not guaranteed). The period of performance will commence on or about February 1st, 2019 - May 31st, 2019 with a true-up time period from June 1st, 2018 - January 31, 2019.
The NAICS code for this requirement is 518210 -- Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services.

This Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There is no solicitation document. No RFQ will be available for competitive quotes. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Rose Goodwin, who can be reached at Goodwin.Rose@dol.gov. Please reference "Notice Of Intent - Knowvation / Maintenance" in the subject line of any e-mails. Interested parties may express their interest and provide a capabilities statement NLT Friday, January 25th, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. EST. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Primary Point of Contact.:
ROSE GOODWIN
PURCHASING AGENT
goodwin.rose@dol.gov
Phone: 304-256-3306
Fax: 304-256-3350
Contracting Office Address:
1301 Airport Road
Beaver, West Virginia 25813-9426
Place of Contract Performance:
Department of Labor - MSHA
OCIO - Remote Section
1 Denver Federal Center
Denver, Colorado 80225
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