SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Website Support Services
- Notice Date
- 9/19/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Acquisition and Property Division, Acquisition Branch (MD), 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Building 3, Mailstop: 5116, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- 612753
- Archive Date
- 10/9/2012
- Point of Contact
- James D. Mills, Phone: 3015040901
- E-Mail Address
-
james.mills@ars.usda.gov
(james.mills@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), on behalf of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), intends to award a sole source, logical follow on task order to Editorial Experts Inc. (EEI). The requirement is for website support. Authority for this award is In accordance with FAR 8.405-6(a)(1)(i)(C). In the interest of economy and efficiency, the new work is a logical follow-on to an original Federal Supply Schedule order provided that the original order was placed in accordance with the applicable Federal Supply Schedule ordering procedures. This work is a logical follow on task to EEI's contract, AG-3K06-D-11-0055. The work performed under that contract covered the same set of needs and carried a very similar statement of work to that of the proposed task order. Continuing with aggressive development schedules, preserving continuity of work and most importantly, sustaining unique institutional knowledge, are critical factors essential to operational and project work and to meeting NIFA critical goals. EEI has unique knowledge pertaining to the configuration, interdependencies, and uniqueness of the NIFA production, test, and development technology environments. This contextual understanding of how NIFA has deployed and operates the Dreamweaver backend of the website, specifically tailored to the needs of the agency, are a critical element in operational performance and success of current application and technology infrastructure projects. A high risk period of assimilation would be required because the local configuration of products, project requirements, architecture, technology stack, business practices, and software code are all learned objects with an acquired understanding of the context of how they are employed. The impact of trying to bring on a different vendor at this stage would quite likely result in operational failures and service outages, significant project delays and possibly could result in project failure. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Any firm that believes it can provide the services listed above may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact. The successful company must be registered in the Central Contractor's Database (CCR) and also the Online Representations and Certification (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. The Point of Contact for this action is Mr. James Mills and any response must be emailed to James.Mills@ars.usda.gov. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement no later than September 24, 2012.
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