70--EIS SAS Licenses Renewal

Notice of Intent This ?Notice of Intent? is not a request for quote and a solicitation will not be issued; however, all proposals received prior to the closing date of this notice will be considered by the Government. The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to award a sole source contract to Executive Information Systems, LLC for SAS Licenses Renewal for the Office of Energy Analysis (OEA, EI 30) in the Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA will purchase a SAS Enterprise License covering one year. The license will cover maintenance and support for SAS, PC SAS and LINUX SAS on some currently licensed SAS software as well as the use/maintenance of additional SAS software. The SAS Enterprise License will include the following elements: (1) License for use by EIA employees and contractors of all products shown in the Table, below. This includes PC SAS (8 copies) and LINUX SAS. (2) All operating systems/platforms that SAS supports for products in the Standard Product Suite. (3) All SAS corporate-level support services. (4) Delivery of all future versions and releases of SAS software products in the Standard Product Suite and others licensed by EIA for the duration of the contract. Table. SAS Product Suites in Agreement PC SAS LINUX SAS (STEPS) (Production & Backup Servers) LINUX SAS (SASPROD1) Base SAS (Entire Package)* SAS/AF (AppDev Package) SAS/STAT (Stat Package) SAS ACCESS to ORACLE SAS/ETS SAS/OR SAS/JMP SAS/IML Integration Technologies Base SAS SAS/ACCESS to ORACLE SAS/AF SAS/CONNECT SAS/GRAPH SAS/SHARE SAS/FSP (Backup Server Only) Base SAS SAS/ACCESS to ORACLE SAS/STAT SAS/ETS SAS/ACCESS to PCFF SAS/ACCESS to ODBC SAS/CONNECT SAS/GRAPH SAS/IML SAS/SHARE SAS/Integration Technologies SAS Enterprise BI Server SAS Enterprise Guide *Base SAS includes SAS/ASSIST, SAS/FSP, SAS/CONNECT, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/ACCESS to PCFF, SAS/EIS, SAS/INSIGHT In accordance with Competition in Contracting Act, 41 U.S.C. ? 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, other than full and open competition is authorized when there is only one responsible source and no other supplies and services will satisfy agency requirements. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Submission of any information in response to this notice is purely voluntary. The Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. In accordance with FAR 5.207(c)(16)(ii), all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency, no later than the closing date and time of this notice. Responses must be in writing, by e-mail to the Contract Specialist at contact@example.gov. The e-mail shall contain the following subject line: Response to Notice of Intent ? SAS Licenses Renewal. Please submit all information no later than December 15, 2014, 12:00 pm Eastern Time. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR A FORMAL PROPOSAL OR A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. Contracting Office Address: U.S. Department of Energy / EIA 1000 Independence Avenue Washington, DC 20585 United States Principle Place of Performance: U.S. Department of Energy / EIA 1000 Independence Avenue Washington, DC 20585 United States Primary Point of Contact: Lolita Neal email: contact@example.gov *NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.