Notice of Intent to Award: Single Source Shadowbase Software Tender, USA - 122550765

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Notice of Intent to Award: Single Source Shadowbase Software

Deadline : 21 Jul 2025

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 122550765

Document Ref. No. : 1155939

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Tender Details

Description

The United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Cotton and Tobacco, intends to award a firm fixed price one year contract to Hewlett Packard Enterprises to procure proprietary software and maintenance upgrades on the existing system.

The USDA Cotton and Tobacco (C&T) program is responsible for facilitating marketing by providing standardization, grading, and market news services for cotton, cotton related products, and tobacco. The core foundational equipment for maintaining the functionality of these programs requires software and maintenance upgrades which are proprietary in nature. These items are available from a single source with no resellers.

This purchase will be made utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with: Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 -Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-l(b) for purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold of $250, 000.

The Nonstop Kernel Operating System is comprised of software that is proprietary in nature, there is a single source capable of providing the required upgrades. The upgrades required to all components must be compatible in all aspects with existing systems that are presently utilized in the C& T classing facilities nationwide.

C&T utilizes this software for mission-critical HPE NonStop-to-Windows Server data replication in real-time. This software is critical to the daily operations, replication of data to other government entities outside of C&T and for continuous functionality.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available, and telephone requests will not be honored.

Interested parties may respond to this requirement within ten (10) calendar days of the publication of this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evi...
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : 1155939
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
Office: MRPBS MINNEAPOLIS MN
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
Original Published Date: Jul 11, 2025 03:47 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Jul 21, 2025 12:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: Manual
Original Inactive Date: Jul 22, 2025
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
Product Service Code: 7B20 - IT AND TELECOM - HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTE (HARDWARE AND PERPETUAL LICENSE SOFTWARE)
NAICS Code: 513210 - Software Publishers

Place of Performance: Fredericksburg, VA 22406 USA

Documents

 Tender Notice

FAR-13-Single-Source-Justification-FSA-SB-revised.pdf