J -- Intent to Sole Source

The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection intends to negotiate and award on a sole source basis in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 an order with Avaya Inc., 4250 N Fairfax Drive, STE 1000, Arlington, VA., 22203 for a 24x7 maintenance service agreement and software maintenance on the following equipment items: S8700 CM2 MEDIA SERVER INTGR MGMT 2.0 STD INTGR MGMT 2.0 ENTRPS 1 CM SYS SPKRPH SOUNDSTATION ANLG OPERATIONS SUPPORT-HOT LINE SUPPORT ANNUAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE-MANAKON SW ANNUAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE-SIU SOFTWARE ANNUAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE-CABLE PLANT SW SIU HARDWARE SUNFIRE 250 TABLE UPDATES SPORTSTER MDM 33.6 KBPS EXTL INTGR MGMT 2.0 STD AM MTR & PWR CORD US/CANADA AVAYA SITE ADMIN R1.9 BASE PKG IP SOL SFTW IP TRNK 1 PT TRU IP SOL SFTW IP STATION 1 PT RTU DEF DS1 INTERFACE MAINTENANCE TN464GP INT AUD MONITOR 151N WITH PWR CORD KEYBOARD 715 TERM VID W/O KYBOARD AMBER 901812-02 SPORTSTER MDM 33.6 KBPS EXTL DEF DSA UPG R1.5 TO R1.8 IP SOL SFTW IP TRNK 12PTS RTU DATA MOD 7400A TELSET BELL MDLR INT AUD NTWK PT BOARD PKG INT AUD NTWK PT BOARD PKG AVAYA IP600 PKG CANNEL ASSY 6375-IP1 DEF PKG AVAYA IP600 MODEL US These items represent the open market portion of a turnkey requirement for a maintenance agreement package that is available under an existing Government contract. Due to the fact that this is a turnkey requirement, the Government does not intend to split the requirement up between multiple vendors. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no formal solicitation package is available. However, all proposals received by the closing date and time will be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Information must be received by 4:00 PM EST on 12/23/2005 and must be transmitted via e-mail at contact@example.gov.