TIPSS-3 IT Services Contract Extension

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to extend the term of the - Total Information Processing Support Services - 3 (TIPSS-3) Program which provides sources for Information Technology (IT) processing support services to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of the Treasury, and its Bureaus. The TIPSS-3 program consists of 21 Indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts that provide services in three principal task areas: Information System Services, Strategic Business Services and System Security Services. The support encompasses a large spectrum of services from microcomputer applications to large scale integrated systems. Services are required across virtually all software languages and hardware platforms. Task Orders may be cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF), cost-plus-incentive-fee (CPIF), cost-plus-award-fee (CPAF), firm-fixed-price (FFP), fixed-price-incentive-fee (FPIF), fixed-price-award-fee (FPAF), labor-hour (LH), and time-and-materials (T&M), and/or performance based. All TIPSS-3 contractors that have Task Orders for any activity related to software development must comply with the IRS policy for Capability Maturity Model IntegrationSM CMMI compliance. The TIPSS-3 program includes the following contract numbers and companies: TIRNO-06-D-00006 with Accenture LLP TIRNO-06-D-00011 with ActioNet, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00028 with Apogen Technologies TIRNO-06-D-00015 with Avineon, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00009 with Deloitte Consulting LLP (formally Bearing Point) TIRNO-06-D-00026 with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00018 with Catapult Technology, LTD TIRNO-06-D-00005 with CGI Federal, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00025 with Computer Sciences Corporation TIRNO-06-D-00019 with IBM Corporation TIRNO-06-D-00024 with Information Systems Consulting Group, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00007 with InterImage, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00023 with Lockheed Martin Services, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00013 with Lockheed Martin/Management Systems Designers, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00014 with Northrop Grumman IT, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00021 with Pragmatics, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00017 with QSS Group, Inc. TIRNO-06-D-00020 with Science Applications International Corporation TIRNO-06-D-00010 with Unisys Corporation TIRNO-06-D-00008 with HP Enterprise Services, LLP (formally Electronic Data Systems Corporation) TIRNO-06-D-00012 with General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (formally FC Business Systems) The Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a mission critical need for the broad range of IT-related services that are currently being fulfilled by the TIPSS-3 contracts. There is a continuing critical need for these services. Failure to continue these contracts could adversely affect IRS operations. The aforementioned services are critical to keeping the IRS, the Department of the Treasury, and its Bureaus information processing systems operational to support the many important tax administration and other modernization projects that are on-going such as the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC), the Automated Collection System (ACS) Support, and the Treasury Homeland Security Presidential Directive - 12 (HSPD-12) Program Management Support for Implementation of Federal Information Processing Standards 201-1 (FIPS 201-1) Part 2: PIV II. The Government intends to award modifications to the TIPSS-3 contracts to add a one-year extension. The one-year extension will allow for a smooth transition to the TIPSS-4 contracts. The TIPSS-3 contracts will expire on April 27, 2011. The one-year extension would be from April 28, 2011 through April 27, 2012. The extension would ensure the continuation of mission critical programs while the TIPSS-4 acquisition is going through the final phase of the competitive process and would ensure the maximum competitive process for task order awards is utilized on continuing IT requirements during the transition from TIPSS-3 to TIPSS-4. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is Section 303(c) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by the Competition in Contracting Act [41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1)], implemented under FAR 6.302-1(a) which authorizes other than full and open competition when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This is not a solicitation for proposals or an invitation for bids. The Government does not anticipate receiving responses to this notice of a non-competitive action. If parties choose to respond, any cost associated with preparation and submission of data or any other cost incurred in response to this announcement are the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government.