Summary
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a sole-source justification notice on SAM.gov for the procurement of zVPS (Velocity Performance Suite) software licensing and maintenance support from Velocity Software, Inc. The requirement covers 280 Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) engines deployed across IRS mainframe platforms at the Enterprise Computing Centers in Martinsburg, West Virginia and Memphis, Tennessee. The justification is issued under FAR 13.5 sole-source authority, continuing an Enterprise License Agreement originally established in 2016 and expanded annually through 2020 to support the IRS mission of delivering reliable, secure, and timely taxpayer services through modernized enterprise computing infrastructure.