SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- COBOL Software Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), National Office Procurement (OS:A:P), 6009 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 500, Oxon Hill, Maryland, 20745
- ZIP Code
- 20745
- Solicitation Number
- Q4QF42SSS36000
- Archive Date
- 3/19/2014
- Point of Contact
- Sadie Drew-Simpson, Phone: 240-613-8102, Russell E. Critterton, Phone: 240-613-8084
- E-Mail Address
-
sadie.drew-simpson@irs.gov, russell.e.critterton@irs.gov
(sadie.drew-simpson@irs.gov, russell.e.critterton@irs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of the notice is to inform the commercial market of the Government's intent to make award to MicroFocus, Inc., Rockville, MD for maintenance of COBOL software. The requirement will be awarded on a sole-source basis under the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1). MicroFocus, Inc. states that it is the only manufacturer of the COBOL software and the only vendor authorized to provide maintenance including free software upgrades and technical/online support. Brand Name Justificaton: The COBOL software is installed on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) equipment. Installation and testing of other software could result in downtime of critital tax processing systems during peak processing time for the tax season as well as failure of the system due to incompatible or malfunctioning software. Only MicroFocus has been found to meet all of the functionalities developed by the IRS for tax processing. This notice of intent should not be construed as a committment by the Government to issue a formal Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quote (RFQ) or contract. Any information provided to the Government is strictly voluntary. Responses to the notice of intent will not serve as proposals, bids, or offers which could be accepted by the Government to for a binding contract. As such, the Government will not cover any cost for any information or inquiry submitted as a result of this notice. Individual responses to this notice must include the point of contact (POC) name, email address and telephone number should the Government have questions. Please note: A SOLICITATION DOES NOT EXIST. Send comments to the email of Sadie.Drew-Simpson@irs.gov. The reference number for this notice is Q4QF42SSS36000.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/IRS/NOPAP/Q4QF42SSS36000/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 700 King Farm Blvd., Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, United States
- Zip Code: 20850
- Zip Code: 20850
- Record
- SN03311313-W 20140316/140314234627-e0da13f0e6026117ff57269cee83d26f (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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