The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), intends to award a direct order to EC America to purchase annual maintenance for software to retain rights to upgrades and receive technical support. NASS needs a reliable and robust fax software solution to receive survey questionnaires and disseminate reports to customers in a timely manner.  The fax software solution must integrate with the Lotus Notes email and be able to automate the flow of a full range of fax, paper and electronic documents.  By using EC America, NASS can securely and efficiently deliver business information from virtually any application via fax, email, print devices over the Internet.  EC America has been an integral part of quicker service and improved efficiency when serving NASS customers. Citrix Systems is the sole manufacturer and source of renewal offerings of Citrix Subscription Advantage and Citrix Preferred Support Services in North America. For Government orders, immixGroup's wholly owned subsidiary EC America is Citrix Systems sole Letter of Supply Holder for a GSA IT 70 Schedule. The anticipated Period of Performance is 09/15/2013 to 09/14/2014.