70--Moses Software for Mooring and Mating Perpetural Lease.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, seeks to acquire Moses Software for Mooring and Mating through a perpetual lease arrangement. This acquisition will be made via a firm fixed price purchase order awarded solely to ULTRAMARINE, Inc., which is the sole developer, provider, and distributor of the proprietary software. The procurement will proceed using Simplified Acquisition Procedures on a sole source basis due to the exclusive nature of the product. Interested parties with relevant technical capabilities are invited to submit their information within 15 days of the notice's publication; however, the government retains full discretion on whether to pursue competitive procurement based on the submissions received. The contract, referenced under solicitation number N0016709T0127 and posted on May 13, 2009, falls under NAICS code 443120 and is overseen by the Department of Defense at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The primary purpose of this notice is to inform potential competitors and gather capability information, although the proprietary nature of the software makes ULTRAMARINE, Inc. the only viable source. The government will use any submitted information solely to determine the necessity of a competitive process before proceeding with the sole source award.