MicroStrategy Mobile Licenses & Maintenance

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD ON LIMITED SOURCE/BRAND NAME BASIS The Department of Education, Federal Student Aid (the Department) intends to solicit on a limited source basis to Lancer Information Solutions located at 712 Day Lane, Alexandria, VA 22314-6247. Microstrategy mobile licenses are used by the Department's standard data warehousing, data mining, and reporting tool to support various applications such as Financial Partners DataMart (FPDM). This is for two (2) mobile licenses - one each for production and development environments and ongoing maintenance. The Department's determination not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within its discretion. This notice of intent is NOT a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for competitive quotes. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified points of contact not later than September 21, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. EST. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely to determine whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the Department via email to todd.anthony@ed.gov with "MicroStrategy Mobile" referenced in the subject line. Contracting Office Address: U.S. Department of Education/Federal Student Aid Contracts and Acquisition Management 830 First Street, N.E., #93A1 Washington, DC 20202 Points of Contact: Todd Anthony Contract Specialist todd.anthony@ed.gov 202-377-4832 John (JD) Cutlip Contracting Officer John.Cutlip@ed.gov