THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE AND NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION OR PROPOSAL. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE FOR THIS ACTION. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO), located in Washington, DC, intends to negotiate and award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) sole-source bridge contract to KPMG, LLC (8350 Broad Street McLean VA 22102) for Risk and Controls Self-Assessment (RCSA) Program support services. This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.106-1(b)(2) in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1901 Simplified Acquisition Procedures as set forth in FAR 13.501(a)(1). FAR Part 12 “Acquisition of Commercial Items” and FAR Part 13 as supplemented by the HUDAR will be used to evaluate the quote and award this requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541611: Administrative Management and General Management with a size standard of $16.5 million. The PSC Code is R408: Support – Professional: Program Management/Support. Background & General Description of Work: Ginnie Mae’s Office of Enterprise Risk (OER) has a requirement for a bridge award to KPMG, LLC (KPMG) to continue supporting the Risk and Controls Self-Assessment (RCSA) Program. The previous Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call, DU203NP-14-A-10/0004 was issued on March 7, 2016 to KPMG, LLC for a base period of 1 year with one 1-year option period. The 6-month option to extend services was exercised and was completed on December 31, 2020. There is currently no order in place. Ginnie Mae requires RCSA Program support services which includes program management, charter, policy and procedure updates, RCSA program execution, RCSA annual maintenance, training services, and special projects. RCSA implementation support will allow for documenting, testing, assessing, and reporting on Ginnie Mae’s internal operational risk controls over all eight (8) Ginnie Mae offices. The contractor shall perform individual examinations of each of the eight (8) Offices within Ginnie Mae and support OER to determine risks, mitigation strategies and RCSA continuous improvement activities. This includes performing operational risk assessments (interviews, risk identification, and Test of Design (TOD)). The contractor shall also propose recommendations for deficiency remediation strategies for areas of significant risks to the corporation. Unique Characteristics of the Requirement: The circumstances of the requirement deem only one source reasonably available due to expert services and other authorized reasons (i.e., additional cost avoidance, availability of resources, avoidance of additional time, elimination of increased risk, avoidance of unacceptable delays or of disruption to services, and institutional knowledge needed for unfinished projects). The Government does not intend to incur additional costs that will result in either substantial duplication of costs or experience any unacceptable delays in fulfilling the HUD’s needs. In addition to this, award to anyone other than KPMG, LLC will add further challenge to the Government in having to train and walk interested parties through understanding the requirement; thereby, adding to the delay and harming the Government further. A new operating environment for a new contractor will also increase the concern with regards to unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s needs. General Information & Instructions: This is NOT a solicitation for quotations, quotation abstracts, a request for competitive quotations; or request for competitive proposals; however, all responses received within 3 days from the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. Any responses to this notice must clearly and thoroughly defend claims or assertions that attempt to refute the government’s stance. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement, but the information must eliminate the government's concerns and address how the items can be provided without jeopardizing the requirement. Simply submitting a brochure or capabilities statement is not a guaranteed way to alleviate or eliminate the government's concerns. Responses must be specifically tailored to address (1) exactly how the offeror’s services can be provided without jeopardizing the Government’s mission, (2) how the approach overcomes the barrier to competition the Government faces, and (3) how the approach is more advantageous to the Government than the sole source approach. If no affirmative responses are received within 3 days of this notice, a contract will be issued to KPMG, LLC. The point of contact for this notice is Che Uche Logan,
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