Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the NIST Office of Information Systems Management (OISM), intends to award on a sole source basis a contract to immixGroup a wholly owned subsidiary of EC America under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), Soliciting from a Single Source.

Background:

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has an installed base of Citrix software as part of its Enterprise Cybersecurity Monitoring computing services to allow individual bureaus to perform cybersecurity monitoring as well as activities such as application and operating system patching in support of NIST's mission. The Office of Information Systems Management (OISM) currently manages virtual desktops and virtual application using technologies from both Citrix (XenDesktop and XenApp).  In order to reduce operational cost, OISM has chosen to only run the virtual desktop and virtual applications using the Citrix solution.  These virtual environments are very complex and are challenging to maintain.  By renewing the existing Citrix licenses OISM will be able to continue to provide more robust support to our customers, a greater level of security compliance by maintaining a single secure configuration instead of two and reduce the Assessment & Authorization costs. 

Citrix (VDI & ECMO) Licenses

Part Number

Product Description

4034259 - Virtual Apps Premium Edition 4.5 with Feature Pack 1 from Virtual Apps Enterprise** TRUSTED PRODUCT **

3022349 - Citrix ADC VPX 10 - Standard Edition** TRUSTED PRODUCT **

4034331 - Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Premium Edition - Concurrent User** TRUSTED PRODUCT **

6000241 - Citrix Virtual Apps Premium CCU** TRUSTED PRODUCT **

Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST to provide the Citrix (VDI & ECMO) Renewal Licenses work may clearly identify their capability to do so in writing on or before October 27, 2020 at 12:00 pm Eastern time.  This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to robert.singman@nist.gov.