Solicitation N0042117Q0380 is issued as an intent to sole source. The Government intends to purchase on a firm fixed-price basis, and to solicit and negotiate the proposed purchase order on a sole source basis with ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., for Arena Software(must be an authorized distributor), under the authority implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by FAR Part 12 and Part 13.106-1(b). Offeror's must be registered in the System for Award Management Registration (SAM) database prior to submission of an offer to be considered for award of any DoD contract. This may be accomplished electronically at http://www.sam.gov.

This is a firm fixed-price procurement; therefore, the offeror's initial offer should represent the vendor's best quote in terms of price and technical acceptability.