IBM Business Process Manager Server Annual Subscription Renewal

Pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), the Contracting Officer may solicit from one source if the Contracting Officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS), on behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to sole source to: International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation 6710 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20817 In accordance with FAR 5.207(c), SAMHSA's requirement is described as follows: (1) National Stock Number (NSN): N/A (2) Specification: IBM Business Process Manager Server for Non-Production Environment Processor Value Unit (PVU) Annual SW Subscription & Support (3) Manufacturer: N/A (4) Functional Description: N/A (5) Predominant material of manufacture: N/A (6) Quantity: N/A (7) Unit of issue: N/A (8) Destination information: SAMHSA 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 (9) Delivery Schedule: N/A (10) Duration of the contract period: July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 (11) Sustainable acquisition requirements: N/A (12) Description of Procedure: This is a pre-solicitation notice of intent to sole source. This is not a solicitation for competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. The anticipated award date is no later than May 17, 2019. (13) Architect-Engineer Project: N/A (14) Trade Agreement Clauses: N/A (15) Sole Source Justification: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS), on behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to sole source to: International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation 6710 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20817 Renewal of IBM Process Manager - Passport Advantage Site Number: 3475967. This is a tool used to model and implement business processes and demonstrate process design and functionality during development efforts. IBM Business Process Manager is used to model, run, simulate, and inspect SAMHSA's business processes. SAMHSA's artifacts are stored in the Process Center repository. This is an annual software license renewal. (16) This is not a solicitation for competitive proposal. No solicitation document is available. All responsible sources that have determined that they can provide the same services may submit product information and a capabilities statement. The email subject line must reference SAM238798 - IBM Annual Subscription. All responses are due by May 10, 2019 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time and can be sent to Epe Pacantara at Epe.Pacantara@psc.hhs.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract base upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.