Notice of intent to award -limited sources-citrix netscaler software maintenance

The United States Department of Agriculture, National Information Technology Center (NITC), plans to award on a limited sources basis to CITRIX Systems Inc., 851 W Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309 for the maintenance and technical support of a suite of proprietary CITRIX Systems products.

The one year (1) maintenance is required for:

Citrix NetScaler MPX 9700 FIPS Platform - Platinum Edition Appliance, Gold Maintenance Level, Quantity of two (2).

The products are supported exclusively by CITRIX Systems, Inc. and they are the sole manufacturer and source of support and maintenance of this software product. All respondents are required to supply the CITRIX Systems, Inc. Authorized Reseller contract number as part of their quotation.

All interested and potential firms must be registered in SAM.GOV, and current firms must update once a year to maintain active status. Please visit the www.sam.gov website to register and update information.

This is not a request for proposal and no solicitation exists for this requirement. Please submit your response to Jennifer Adams, Contracting Officer, no later than 5:00 P.M.CST, Thursday, September 12, 2013. A determination by the government will be made if a competitive procurement is warranted. Telephone calls will not be accepted. Submit your response to Ms. Jennifer Adams, USDA/OCIO/NITC/RMS-CMB, P. O. Box 419205, Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6205.