Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source for Questionmark Software Subscription & Support

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE - THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO QUESTIONMARK TO PROVIDE QUESTIONMARK ANNUAL SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION AND SUPPORT. The Air Force Installation Contracting Agency (AFICA) - 338 SCONS, JBSA Randolph, TX 78150-4302, announces the intent to award a firm-fixed price contract on a sole source basis to Questionmark under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1): Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The anticipated period of performance will be for a one year base coverage period plus four (4) one-year optional coverage periods. The anticipated award to Questionmark is to provide support to the Air Education and Training Command's (AETC) Technical Training Management System (TTMS) architecture in order to provide its users with the required capabilities to accomplish the mission objectives. The contractor shall provide a copy of the Questionmark Annual Software Subscription and Support Plan, as well as a copy of related documentation for each updated software item supported under the Annual Software Subscription and Support Plan. Questionmark's Basic Annual Software Subscription and Support plan covers free upgrades (both major and minor version updates/upgrades) including maintenance releases for currently supported products, free technical support (via telephone, email and web), online access to documentation, best practice guides, manuals and knowledge based articles, and support-related RSS feeds. This notice of intent is NOT a request for proposals or quotations. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. Responses submitted in response to this notice shall include the following: a. Description that the interested party can provide the Questionmark software and support to be contracted. b. Description of what services the interested party would perform and what services would need to be subcontracted. c. Business size of interested party. To be considered by the Government, interested parties must deliver their intent and capabilities to satisfy the Government's requirement to the Contracting Officer not later than 3:00 PM (Central Standard Time) on 15 Apr 15. 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. For specific questions, please contact the Contracting Specialist, Carl J. Lynch at carl.lynch.2@us.af.mil, or the Contracting Officer, Jaclyn G. Rodriguez at jaclyn.rodriguez@us.af.mil.