SOURCES SOUGHT
70 -- Sole Source Notification for EOS Advisor Licenses
- Notice Date
- 8/2/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- WASO-WCP Washington Contracting & Procurement 87 Fairway Drive Attleboro MA 02703
- ZIP Code
- 02703
- Solicitation Number
- Q2420050101
- Response Due
- 8/8/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/2/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Under authority of FAR 6.302-5, the National Park Service (NPS) intends to enter into a non-competitive contract with EOS Group, Inc. to provide EOS Advisor cost estimating software for deployment throughout the NPS Park Facility Management Division. The software is intended to provide for enhanced functionality in the NPS Cost Estimating Software System (CESS). Eos Advisor is a commercial off the shelf (COTS) program that can interface with various internal and external cost estimating databases. Advisor supports NPS Project Management - estimating, budgeting, planning, value analysis, prioritization, and auditing. The core database of CESS is Timberline, a COTS estimating program. These licenses will be distributed Service-wide for use by WASO, Regional, and Park Maintenance Staff. The Eos Group, Inc. is intimately familiar with the Cost Estimating Software System (CESS) project. Eos Group, Inc.'s resources were involved in the initial design, development and configuration of the software application called Advisor which is used to support the Precision cost estimating software and CESS, so they are not only familiar with CESS and its associated software, but they are familiar with the National Park Services unique requirements. Eos Group's principals, designers and engineers were involved in the initial design and development of the software (TIMBERLINE) as a Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS) application. Eos Group Inc. collectively has over 20 years of working for Timberline Software Corporation, the manufacturer of the software (TIMBERLINE). Eos Group, Inc.'s has an exclusive, worldwide license to portions of the software (TIMBERLINE) source code enabling Eos Group Inc. to provide technologies that fulfill unique NPS integration and work process requirements. Furthermore, Eos Group Inc. is the only authorized third-party developer of the Advisor application, for the main cost estimating software (TIMBERLINE). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, firms or persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by submitting descriptive literature illustrating corporate capabilities to provide the required services. All responses received within 15 days after date of publication of this announcement will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Questions may be e-mailed to Lorna_Gunning@nps.gov. Telephone questions or requests will not be accepted or acknowledged. End of Announcement
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- SN00860571-W 20050804/050802212641 (fbodaily.com)
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