D--ERDC Contracting Office intends to solicit on a sole source basis under authority of FAR 13.106-1 to Wayside Technology Group, Inc. DBA Programmer's Paradise,Inc., 1157 Shrewsbury Ave., Shrewsbury, NJ.

This procurement is being conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures with only one responsible source and no other service providers will satisfy agency requirements. Programmer's Paradise, Inc. is the only known source capable of meeting the Governments requirements due to the propriety software and unique capability to provide support services for the software needing maintenance support. Interested Organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact no later than 1200 hrs CST on December 14, 2009. Such capabilities / qualifications will be evaluated solely of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. No RFP will be issued based upon this Notice of Intent. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Government to contact@example.gov with solicitation number referenced in the subject line. The service is to provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Information Technology (ACE-IT) with software maintenance on Computer Associates products ERWin, BPwin and ERwin Model Manager. For technical inquires, please contact contact@example.gov, +1 (555) 000-0000.