U--Sole Source Notice of Intent

The National Park Service, Interior Region 1 North Atlantic-Appalachian, Philadelphia, PA intends to award a noncompetitive contract to Trustees of Indiana University; 509 E 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN 47401, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. The park requires training that aims to build expertise in programmatic, physical accessibility and media in three NPS Eastern regions by giving opportunity to NPS staff that lack awareness or need to increase knowledge in legal mandates of NPS accessibility standards, guidelines and regulations. Trustees of Indiana University is the only provider that can provide the required services because the training is proprietary as it was developed specially for National Park settings. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services. Responsible sources may submit a technical capability statement along with business profile, which shall be considered by the agency to Contract Specialist, Tomica Cooper at [email protected] by 5:00 PM EDT, October 8, 2021, which shall be considered by the Agency. Any information received will be treated as market research information for future of same or similar requirements. The Contracting Office reserves the right to pursue the sole source negotiation or compete the requirement based on information received. Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTES