Maryland Educational Enterprise Consortium Renewal

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial supplies prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Subpart 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is N0018925Q0282 and is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation or RFQ will be forthcoming.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541519 with a small business size standards of $34 million. The Product Service Code is 7A21. The anticipated award date is no later than 31 July 2025.

The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk Contracting Department, Norfolk, VA 23511-3392, intends to award, on a sole source basis, a contract to Bell Techlogix for the license renewal and support of the currently installed Microsoft Software Solutions per the attached Redacted Justification and Approval for use of Other Than Full and Open Competition. As a result, this requirement will not be set aside for small business concerns. The activity’s small business office concurs with this determination.

The proposed acquisition is to procure Microsoft Software Solutions under the Maryland Educational Enterprise Consortium (MEEC), an annual renewal of software licenses, software maintenance, and technical support for SQL, Visio Pro, Enterprise Server, Project, Active Directory, and Microsoft 365 for 2,256 education qualified users, 2,146 full time equivalents, and 4,650 full-time students. See attached Description of Supplies for details.

The period of performance is from 01 Aug 2025 through 31 July 2026.

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACHED:

I. FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses applicable to this procurement

II. Description of Supplies

III. Redacted SAP CI Sole Source Justification (SSJ)