B--INTENT TO AWARD - BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATION

The U.S. Geological Survey intends to award a non-competitive purchase order to Pennington and Associates located in Cookeville, TN for benthic macroinvertebrate analysis, to be delivered to the USGS South Carolina Water Science Center, in Columbia, South Carolina. The period of performance is 02/03/2017 to 12/31/2018. Pennington and Associates is the sole source who can provide continuity of data for this ongoing project in the United States. In accordance with FAR 5.207, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency, however, THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Email responses to [email protected]. Emailed responses are preferred. The NAICS code is 541380. The size standard is $15.0 million. The anticipated award date of the contract is 02/03/2017. The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be awarded the contract.