-- To Provide Hardware and Software maintenance support for our Online Backup and Restore Commvault systems used for installation servers.

The U.S. Army Natick Contracting Division, representing the Army-Soldier Systems Center in Natick, MA, plans to negotiate and award a sole source purchase order to Commvault Systems Inc. located in Oceanport, NJ. This contract is intended to provide hardware and software maintenance support specifically for the Online Backup and Restore Commvault systems used with installation servers. Since Commvault developed the proprietary software for this backup system, it cannot be procured from any other vendor. The acquisition is conducted under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, which allows for non-competitive contracting when only one source is available. The contracting office has issued this notice solely to gauge interest and capability from other parties for potential future competitive procurements, although no solicitation or formal proposal request is being made at this time. Interested parties were invited to express their interest by November 10, 2008, by contacting the U.S. Army Natick Contracting Division. The contract's NAICS code is 443120, and it is managed by the Department of Defense office in Natick, Massachusetts. The Notice clarifies that this is not a solicitation document and no bids will be accepted since the purchase order will be awarded directly to Commvault Systems Inc due to the unique nature of the software and maintenance support required.