D -- INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - COMBINATION OF SERVICE COSTING AND CHARGEABLE SERVICE UNITS MODELS, ALG SOFTWARE

The USDA’s ITS Contracting Team plans to award a commercial item order to ALG Software, located in Atlanta, Georgia, to revise software owned by the USDA. ALG Software holds the license to this software, and the procurement will be conducted under a sole-source justification, citing FAR 6.302-1, which allows the government to negotiate with only one responsible source when no other suppliers can meet the agency’s requirements. This acquisition will follow the commercial item acquisition procedures under FAR Part 12, and no formal request for proposals will be issued. The decision to proceed without competition remains at the government’s discretion, although capable sources are invited to inform the Contracting Officer if they believe they can fulfill the requirement. The solicitation, identified as ITS-SS-07-0001, was posted on November 16, 2006, and falls under NAICS code 519190. The contracting office is the Department of Agriculture’s Ocp-pod-acq-mgmt-branch-ftc office based in Fort Collins, Colorado. The procurement involves a combination of service costing and chargeable service units models related to the software. The designated point of contact for this acquisition is Sue J Evans, Contract Specialist, who can be reached via email or phone for inquiries.