DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, BUILDING 681, WEST POINT NY 10996

70 -- COMPUTER SOFTWARE SOL W80E1U-8196-5009 POC Purchasing Agent KRISTAN KING (914) 938-5082 (Site Code DAAG60) The United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point NY intends to award sole source contract to Mathsoft, Inc for 3,059 upgrades and 1170 full copies of Mathcad Gold Master Version 7.0. Software is for use by Cadets. The upgrades are for the more current version of Mathcad currently in use by all Cadets at the Academy. The full copies are for the Class of 2002. The applicable SIC Code is 7372 with a size standard of $18.0. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations. There is no solicitation available. See numbered Note 22.(0282) Posted 07/23/98 (I-SN227586). (0204)

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