NetEx Bridge Contract

Added: Dec 11, 2013 4:19 pm The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Acquisition Operations, Technology Acquisition Center, located at 260 Industrial Way West, Eatontown, NJ, intends to enter into a firm fixed price contract for brand name software licenses and maintenance support. This requirement will be solicited on a sole source basis to Network Executive Software, Inc. (NetEx) 6420 Sycamore Lane N STE 300, Maple Grove, MN 55369-6013, who is the original manufacturer of this software, and the only source able to provide maintenance. This action will be solicited under Request for Quote VA118-14-Q-0058 on a sole-source basis to NetEx. This action will allow for continued support and functionality of the Benefit Distribution Network (BDN) Payment System which provides approximately $58 billion dollars annually to Veterans. The BDN is a VA mission critical legacy system that is run on Bull and IBM mainframes. The Government performed market research, the findings of which were that only this solution would be able to satisfy all of the Governments' requirements. Upon award of this contract, and in accordance with FAR 5.301, VA will post the associated Justification and Approval to the Federal Business Opportunities Page.



The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) Code/Size is 541511.



This notification shall close on Monday, December 16, 2013. Questions shall be submitted to Michael Weckesser, Contract Specialist, at Michael.weckesser@va.gov. The Points of Contact (POCs) for this action are Michael Weckesser, Contract Specialist, Michael.weckesser@va.gov, and Mark Junda, Contracting Officer, Mark.Junda@va.gov.