BELL AND HOWELL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a one-time, sole source, fixed price contract with Bell Howell, Address: 3791 S. Alston Ave. Durham, NC 27713-1803 for CJIS. This is in support of existing services that are proprietary to the CJIS office. Therefore, Bell Howell is the only vendor capable of fulfilling the requirement of the FBI.

This notice will be distributed solely through the U. S. General Services Administration's beta.sam.gov website (www.beta.sam.gov) Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the beta.sam.gov website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 333310 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing. The FBI intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1(b)(1).

Interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to the attention of Kate Alix, email address: kealix@fbi.gov by Friday, May 17th, 2024 (11:59 AM Eastern). Only emailed responses will be considered Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is at the discretion of the Government.

Vendors must be registered in SAM. effective July 29, 2012, to receive government contracts. The FBI uses a financial system that has a direct interface with SAM. Please ensure that your company's SAM information is updated and accurate. This includes TIN, EFT, UEI, addresses and contact information. The ET banking information on file in SAM will be what the FBI uses to process payment to your organization.