Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source to Trimble Navigation Limited for Trimble Software Maintenance

The United States Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), MD 21005, intends to award a 4-year (base + 3 option years) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. This action is intended as a sole source award directed to Trimble Navigation Limited, 5475 Kellenburger Road, Dayton, OH 45424-1013, in accordance with Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, 41 U.S.C. 1901(a)(2); as implemented by FAR Subpart 13.501(a)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, One responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements for Trimble Software Maintenance Renewal.

Trimble Software Maintenance required within this procurement is in direct support of the Software Engineering Center (SEC) in support of the Instrument Set, Reconnaissance and Surveying (ENFIRE) to support the Warfighter. Trimble Terramodel Construction Package and GPS Analyst provide a technical engineering toolset designed to generate, manage, analyze, and digitally distribute a wide variety of engineering data. Failure to renew the Trimble software maintenance would reduce the availability of valuable intelligence analysis tools and the resulting intelligence products, which could result in serious injury or loss of life to the Warfighters. Trimble stated that there are no authorized resellers to sell the upgrade/support/maintenance for the services that are being requested.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number for this acquisition is 541519. The posting date for this Synopsis is 10 June 2016 and the closing date for responses is 17 June 2016. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes; however interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities to respond to the requirement, which shall be considered by the agency. All responses must be submitted to the Government point of contact at the email address shown below. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.