Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract

The Army Geospatial Center, Contracts Office intends to award a Sole Source, Fixed Price Contract to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) for Analyst Notebook software, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1(a)(2). IBM is the sole distributor of Analyst Notebook, its modules, and production software. The software permits organizations to analyze and share current and historical data and develop temporally associated relationships in graphic form while also providing links to other sources and databases and capable of being expressed geospatially. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition 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 requirement. The anticipated award date is 1 August 2013. For additional information, please contact Maria Martinez, Contracting Officer, at maria.l.martinez@usace.army.mil or (703) 428-7488 or Lauren Levy, Contract Specialist, at lauren.levy@usace.army.mil or (703) 428-3603.