NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to L.J. Hughes, 320 Turnpike Road, Summerville, WV 26651 for Corehole Drilling at the CONSOL Energy Enlow Fork Mine, 2041, Pleasant Grove Road, Claysville, PA 15323. CONSOL owns the property and the coal property/mine underneath. L.J. Hughes is the only drilling company that CONSOL has given the approval to work on their property. The government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals by forwarding information to the contracting officer. Submission of a proposal would require the offeror to have land owners permission to perform work on their land. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received from the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to Dwight Favors, Contract Specialist at
[email protected] by May 23, 2018, 1 PM EST. If no affirmative responses are received on or before the date stated, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), negotiations will be conducted with L.J. Hughes, 320 Turnpike Road, Summerville, WV 26651, as the only source and a purchase order will be issued without any additional notices being posted. The solicitation number for this requirement is 2019-35164 and is hereby issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using FAR Subpart 13.1 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR subpart 13.5 -