Renewal for OrgPlus Support and Maintenance for fourteen(14) OrgPlus Professional 1500 licenses. The licenses are already Government owned, the Government requests the renewal for support and maintenance only.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is VA118-11-RQ-0739 and is issued as a request for quote. Quotes are due to be in receipt by this office not later than Thursday September 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM EST. Quotes shall be submitted to Samantha Fletcher at samantha.fletcher@va.gov and Anne Marie Vasconcelos at anne.vasconcelos@va.gov. This solicitation is issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside, utilizing a combined synopsis/solicitation in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12.



The contractor shall provide the renewal for OrgPlus Support and Maintenance for fourteen (14) OrgPlus Professional 1500 licenses. The licenses are already Government owned, the Government requests the renewal for support and maintenance only.



The proposed action is on a firm fixed price basis for renewal of OrgPlus Support and Maintenance. The period of performance will be twelve (12) months from 30 September 2011 through 29 September 2012, with two (2) twelve (12) month option periods.



Award will be made to lowest price Offeror that meets the minimum requirements of the solicitation.



Base Year:



CLIN # Description QTY Unit Price Total Price

0001AA OrgPlus Support and Maintenance for Professional Licenses -twelve (12) month support 14 $ $

Base Year Total $





Option Year 1:



CLIN # Description QTY Unit Price Total Price

1001AA OrgPlus Support and Maintenance for Professional Licenses -twelve (12) month support 14 $ $

Option Year 1 Total $















Option Year 2:



CLIN # Description QTY Unit Price Total Price

2001AA OrgPlus Support and Maintenance for Professional Licenses -twelve (12) month support 14 $ $

Option Year 2 Total $





Inspection: Destination

Acceptance: Destination

(FOB): Destination



The place of delivery is:

Jill Haseltine

Department of Veterans Affairs

10000 Bay Pines Blvd. Bldg. 2 Room 325

Bay Pines, FL 33744



The Contracting Officer (CO) named herein will maintain the contract administration functions for this contract. After award of the contract, all inquires and correspondence relative to the administration of the contract shall be addressed to the attention of the CO as follows:





Contracting Officer (CO)

Name: Anne Marie Vasconcelos

Address: Department of Veterans Affairs

Technology Acquisition Center

260 Industrial Way West

Eatontown, NJ 07724

Phone: 732-440-9658

Email: anne.vasconcelos@va.gov



The small size standard is $25 Million for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 511210.





PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES applicable to this acquisition are as follows:



GOVERNING LAW

Federal law and regulations, including the Federal Acquisition Regulations ("FAR"), shall govern this contract. Commercial license agreements may be made a part of this Contract but only if both parties expressly make them an addendum. If the commercial license agreement is not made an addendum, it shall not apply, govern, be a part of or have any effect whatsoever on the contract; this includes, but is not limited to, any agreement embedded in the computer software (clickwrap) or any agreement that is otherwise delivered with or provided to the Government with the commercial computer software or documentation (shrinkwrap), or any other license agreement otherwise referred to in any document. If a commercial license agreement is made an addendum, only those provisions addressing data rights regarding the Government's use, duplication and disclosure of data (e.g., restricted computer software) are included and made a part of this contract, and only to the extent that those provisions are not duplicative or inconsistent with Federal law, Federal regulation, the incorporated FAR clauses and the provisions of this contract.; those provisions in the commercial license agreement that do not address data rights regarding the Government's use, duplication and disclosure of data shall not be included or made a part of the contract. Federal law and regulation, including without limitation, the Contract Disputes Act (41 U.S.C. §601-613), the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. §1341 et seq.), the Competition in Contracting Act (41 U.S.C. §253), the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C. §3901, et seq.) and FAR clauses 52.212-4, 52.227-14, 52.227-19 shall supersede, control and render ineffective any inconsistent, conflicting or duplicative provision in any commercial license agreement. In the event of conflict between this clause and any provision in the contract or the commercial license agreement or elsewhere, the terms of this clause shall prevail. Claims of patent or copyright infringement brought against the Government as a party shall be defended by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). 28 U.S.C. § 516. At the discretion of DOJ, the contractor may be allowed reasonable participation in the defense of the litigation. Any additional changes to the contract must be made by contract modification (Standard Form 30). Nothing in this contract or any commercial license agreement shall be construed as a waiver of sovereign immunity.



FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2009)

FAR 52.217-5 EVALUATION OF OPTIONS (JUL 1990)

FAR 52.219-14 LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING (DEC 1996)

FAR 52.219-6 NOTICE OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (JUNE 2003)

FAR 52.227-01 AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT (DEC 2007)

FAR 52.227-02 NOTICE AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (DEC 2007)

FAR 52.227-19 COMMERICAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE LICENSES (DEC 2007)

FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

VAAR 852.203-70 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (JAN 2008)

VAAR 852.203-71 DISPLAY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS HOTLINE POSTER (DEC 1992)

VAAR 852.237-70 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES (APR 1984)

VAAR 852.273-75 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES (Interim - October 2008)

VAAR 852.273-76 ELECTRONIC INVOICE SUBMISSION (Interim - October 2008)

FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (FEB 2010)

FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

FAR 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)

FAR 52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS (APR 1984)

FAR 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

VAAR 852.233-70 PROTEST CONTENT/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (JAN 2008)

VAAR 852.233-71 ALTERNATE PROTEST PROCEDURE (JAN 1998)

FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (AUG 2009)



FAR 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor

at any time during the performance of this contract; provided that the Government gives the

Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 days before the

contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to

include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause,

shall not exceed 36 months.



ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, Sub-Part 13.5 Test

This procurement is being conducted under the Subpart 13.5 test program where simplified acquisition procedures apply and the conduct of the procurement will be in accordance with Parts 12 and 13 of the FAR or some combination thereof.



The Point of Contact for this action is, Samantha Fletcher, Contract Specialist, samantha.fletcher@va.gov or Anne Marie Vasconcelos, Contracting Officer, anne.vasconcelos@va.gov