MarkLogic Software & Maintenance Services

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) intends to award a sole source contract to MarkLogic Corporation. The purpose of this award is to provide MarkLogic Software and Maintenance Service.

The National Agricultural Library (NAL) provides the DigiTop Navigator database search and alerts service since its initial launch in May 2011, to support the current awareness and professional literature needs of USDA employees. Development of the Navigator system is a continuous process, as new databases are added to the system and the user interface is refined based on user feedback. Navigator runs on the MarkLogic software platform and NAL requires the following software and services from MarkLogic to support the maintenance and further development of the Navigator service.
Annual support agreements for NAL's current MarkLogic configuration consisting of the following software licenses:

•a. Three (3) MarkLogic Server Enterprise Edition 1VM Base Server licenses

•b. One (1) MarkLogic Server Enterprise Edition 1VM Additional Processor license

•c. Three (3) MarkLogic Server Alerting 1VM Base Server licenses

•d. One (1) MarkLogic Server Alerting 1VM Additional Processor license

The NAICS Code for this requirement is 511210 - Software Publishers

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Authority for this sole source procurement is under 10 U.S.C.2403 (c) (1) as implemented in FAR 6.302-1, one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Any firm that believes it can provide the services listed above may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. The Point of Contact for this action is Ms. Marian Dyson and any response must be emailed to Marian.Dyson@ars.usda.gov. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than August 16, 2018 - 5pm EST.

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