Postage Meter Software

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE-SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. USDA-Rural Development (USDA-RD) in Puerto Rico intends to contract using other than full and open competition for postage meter software. The government intends to award a sole source contract to Stamps.com for an additional 60 months of supplies (Base plus four option years), this will assist the agency in meeting its postal requirements, referencing already establish accounts that where on a monthly service agreement. The software required for the service must have a Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) from the Office of the Chief Information Officer International Technology Services (OCIO-ITS). Stamps.com's software has a CoN and has already been vetted through OCIO-ITS. To use other vendors would require unacceptable delays of service and the cost of man hours required to have software vetted is not expected to be recovered through competition. This requirement for additional 60 months of supplies must be procured under the same vendor in order to allow account users to utilize the established accounts from Stamps.com. Accordingly, USDA-RD Puerto Rico intends to sole source this requirement to Stamps.com. The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1.

Responsible sources may submit technical capability statement along with a business profile to the Contracting Officer, Antonio J. Salgado at antonio.salgado@pr.usda.gov by 3:00 PM ET, November 24, 2017, which shall be considered by the Agency. Any information received will be treated as market research information for future of same or similar requirements. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to pursue the single source negotiation or compete the requirement based on information received. Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTES. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).