Blaise Server Assessment

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), and National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) intends to award a sole source contract to SNAP, Inc. located in Chantilly, Virginia. The service support is for SNAP, Inc to assist NASS in collecting and publishing statistical data collected from farmers and ranchers, livestock feeders, grain elevator operators, and other agribusinesses who voluntarily supply the data in a variety of ways. SNAP, Inc is considered the sole source provider for this procurement because the existing servers and software infrastructure used to collect the information was developed and utilized by them to help NASS. This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive quotations or proposals. No solicitation is available. Firms that believe they can provide this service are encouraged to identify themselves and provide a substantive statement with descriptive literature and any other supporting information to the Contract Specialist within 10 days of publication of this notice. All information received within 10 days of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government to determine if more than one firm can meet the Government's requirements and is capable of performing the intended task(s). All responses must be in writing and emailed to erik.young@ars.usda.gov. Anticipated Date of Award 02/14/2014