R--Purchase Numara FootPrints for Help Desk System Update

The Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General, through its Contracting Center of Excellence, plans to award a sole source purchase order to Softchoice Corporation, based in Chicago, as an authorized representative for Numara Software, Inc. The contract involves acquiring Numara Footprints version 9, a service desk management software. The acquisition will follow a sole source procurement process under FAR Part 6.302-1, meaning only Softchoice is being solicited for this purpose. Although this is not a solicitation for competitive proposals, the government will accept capability statements up to 10 pages by a specified deadline, provided they demonstrate that competition might benefit future procurements. The government retains full discretion on whether to compete the contract based on these submissions. The contract, titled "R--Purchase Numara FootPrints for Help Desk System Update" (solicitation number W91WAW-9-P-001N), was posted on July 7, 2009, and falls under the NAICS code 423430. The contracting office is located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The point of contact for this procurement action is Ms. Phuong Newhart, Contract Specialist, reachable via phone or email. The government’s intent is to streamline the update of their help desk system by procuring this specific software version from the sole source provider, emphasizing the necessity and justification behind the sole source approach.