--Notice of sole source action

The contract is a sole source award issued by the Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center on behalf of the Business Transformation Agency to Engineering Management Integration (EMI), Inc., who is the current provider of these services. This contract is established under statutory authority allowing other than full and open competition due to EMI being the only responsible source possessing the essential corporate knowledge to ensure continuity and effective transition support. The contract is designed as a short-term bridge to maintain critical services while a new multiple award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for cross agency services support (CASS) is being established. The period of performance for this contract spans two initial months from January 1, 2009, through February 28, 2009, with the possibility of three one-month extension options, potentially extending the total duration to May 31, 2009. Due to the contract’s urgent and critical nature, it is specifically focused on providing uninterrupted transition support. The contract falls under the NAICS code 541511, which pertains to custom computer programming services, indicating that the contracted tasks are technical and specialized in nature. This notice was posted to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements for transparency.