Qellus Maintenance Renewal

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center is seeking a brand name maintenance renewal for Qellus software, specifically an Extended ECM for IBM Maximo annual maintenance and support license. The solicitation is for NASA Langley Research Center and requires vendors to be registered in SAM.gov with a valid CAGE/UEI code. The procurement will be evaluated using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) approach, with quotes due by December 9, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. CT. Technical and contractual questions must be submitted by December 12, 2024, to Tessa Martinez. Offerors must complete provisions 52.204-24 and 52.204-26 regarding telecommunications equipment and services, and comply with standard commercial item terms and conditions. The solicitation utilizes NAICS code 541513 for Computer Facilities Management Services.

The contract is not set aside for a specific business category, though the solicitation suggests small businesses are welcome to apply. Qellus, LLC is the recommended and sole-source vendor due to their unique integration capabilities between Maximo and Opentext software systems. The place of performance is Hampton, VA 23681, with a contract period from November 22, 2024, through November 22, 2025. NASA emphasizes that Qellus is the only successful integration partner for these applications, which have been in production at Langley Research Center since 1997. Changing vendors would potentially disrupt the center's critical 24x7 Facility Configuration Management (FCM) system and negatively impact NASA's mission due to significant time and budget constraints associated with integrating alternative software. The procurement represents a continuation of an existing software maintenance arrangement critical to NASA's operational infrastructure.