Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate solely with NERO, Inc. (NERO) 330 N. Brand Blvd. Glendale, CA 91203 for software maintenance under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) " Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available..."

This software maintenance is proprietary to NERO. Only NERO has access to the source code necessary to provide the required maintenance subscription.

SSA intends to issue a firm fixed-price purchase order for NERO?s proprietary software maintenance with a period of performance consisting of a 12-month Base Period and four 12-month Option Periods.

Written responses to this Notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona-fide capability to fulfill this requirement. Submissions shall not exceed 5MB. This is not a request for quotation. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not notify respondents of the results of the information received.

All submissions in response to this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Dennis Failing at Dennis.Failing@ssa.gov no later than 12:00pm noon Friday October 10, 2014. Telephone calls regarding this matter will neither be accepted nor returned.