--Notice of Intent to Incorporate Open Market Items under a GSA Call Order

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues this Notice of Intent to acquire open market items under a GSA BPA call order. The U.S. EPA has awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call order in response to the Request for Quotation (RFQ) # PR-OAR-14-00824, entitled ?Conference Support for the Global Methane Initiative 2015 All Partnership Meeting? under General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 899 ? Environmental Services, Contract # GS-10F-0036K. The call order was competitively awarded on February 4, 2015 to Eastern Research Group to provide programmatic support and conference logistics with a one-year period of performance. Open market items are incidental and ancillary to the overall acquisition and were included in the quotation. In accordance with FAR 8.402(f), this posting serves as public notice of the Government?s intent to modify call order # EP-B14H-00218, under EPA BPA # EP-BPA-12-H-0021, GSA FSS Contract # GS-10F-0036K to include the following open market items: 1. Audio Visual Equipment Rental (Washington D.C.); 2. Meeting Room Rental (Washington D.C.). The Contracting Officer has made the determination that the open market items are necessary to successfully perform the requirements under the call order, and the inclusion of these open market in the call order best satisfies the needs of the government. Competitive quotes were received in response to RFQ # PR-OAR-14-00824, and the prices of the open market items were determined to be fair and reasonable. This Notice of Intent is NOT a Request for Quotation for competitive quotes, and this notice in no way obligates the Government to modify the existing GSA BPA call order or to award a purchase order for the open market items.