T-Cube Web Interface Operation and Maintenance Support

Added: Sep 11, 2017 10:01 am  

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to negotiate solely with Auton Systems, Inc located at 5448 Darlington Road, Pittsburgh, PA, 15217 for operations support and maintenance of T-Cube Web Interface (TCWI) Application.  The T-Cube Web Interface (TCWI) is a custom software and the intellectual property of Carnegie Mellon University and Auton Systems, Inc.   Auton Systems, Incorporation is the only vendor with privileges to the application's source code.

The Period of performance is September 30, 2017 thru September 29, 2018.  The contractor shall provide programming expertise to support the proprietary T-Cube Web Interface (TCWI) software which is the intellectual property of Carnegie Mellon University.   The agency's objective and minimum need is software problem fixes, technical support and application product upgrades.  This software provides additional analytic and reporting functionality essential for improving the Agency's mission through research and policy development. 

The prospective procurement will be a firm-fixed-price contract with a 1-year period of performance.                         Auton Systems, Inc is the only known source which can provide all of the above required services.

This procurement will be conducted under the authority of FAR 6.302.1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253 (c ) (1). The above listed service is located in Washington, DC. This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Request for copies of this solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information received. All interested parties must respond within seven (7) calendar days from the date of this notice.

Written responses must provide clear and concise documentation indicating your firm's capability to provide the proprietary services.  Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to Announcement number: AG-3A94-S-17-0055.  If after 2:00 p.m. (EST), September 19, 2017, no viable responses have been received in response to this announcement, USDA/FSIS shall negotiate solely with Auton Systems, Inc.