Apollo Associated Services, LLC (Apollo) to purchase a modified version of their Root Cause Analysis software called RealityCharting.

The US Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) located in Cambridge, Massachusetts intends to procure on a sole source basis under statutory authority of FAR Part 6.302 Circumstances Permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition, an award for a contract with period of performance of fifteen (15) months with Apollo Associated Services, LLC (Apollo) to purchase a modified version of their Root Cause Analysis software called RealityCharting. The contractor will: 1) provide programming services to ensure RealityCharting enterprise version 4 is compatible with the Microsoft .Net framework., 2) provide programming services to ensure RealityCharting enterprise version 4 complies with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973., 3) One RealityCharting perpetual enterprise license for the customized application supporting 20 concurrent users from Apollo Associated Services. 4) Annual RealityCharting enterprise license maintenance agreement for customized application. Interested firms have 15 calendar days from the date of this synopsis publication to submit in writing clear and convincing documentation of their company's capability to provide the above required services. The capability statement must be submitted to the above named point of named point of contact. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Firms will be required to submit a maximum of three (3) but not less than two (2) pages of documentation in support of the above for evaluation prior to receiving a solicitation. This procurement will be conducted as a Firm-Fixed-Price contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 541511. The small business size standard is $25 million. This proposed action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority in FAR Part 6.302 as referenced above. Responses received after fifteen (15) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses received to this notice would normally be considered, solely for the purpose of determining whether to reissue as a competitive procurement. The Request for Proposal (RFP) issuance to the above identified firm will be on or about February 17, 2010. No telephone requests will be accepted - only written requests via email for this solicitation will be accepted.