--Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source

Posted Date: July 23, 2012 Procurement Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund RCRA Procurement Operations Division (3805R) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Response Date: July 26, 2012 @ 2pm EST In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to award a sole source fixed-price purchase order to Xiaoyan Zhang to provide consecutive language and written translation between English and Chinese so that US and Chinese scientists and refuge managers will e be able to interact and conduct efficient technical transfer. The justification is as follows: The USEPA requires professional English/Chinese language consecutive language interpretation and written translation as needed for the 2012 People?s Republic of China Delegation to the US Traveling Under the Auspices of Annex 11 to Protocol on Cooperation and Exchanges in the Field of Conservation of Nature.(September 8, 2012-September 14, 2012) The contractor shall provide English/Chinese spoken interpretation services and English/Chinese written interpretation services. NO SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) IS AVAILABLE. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting EPA's requirement as stated herein may submit a capability statement, which if received within three (3) calendar days of the date of this announcement will be considered. Responses to this posting must be in writing and provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions should be directed to Wanda Carrier via the e-mail link below. No Phone calls please. The point of contact for this procurement is Wanda Carrier, Contracting Officer, at [email protected]