CERAWeek sponsorship

Notice of Intent to Award The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge Office intends to award a sole source purchase order to IHS Global for an Innovation Strategic Partner Sponsorship for CERAWeek 2020 to be held in Houston Texas 9-13 March 2020. CERAWeek is an annual event that includes senior executives, government officials, thought leaders, and some of the greatest minds from across the energy spectrum. These influential attendees are invited to share their insights at CERAWeek during a variety of activities throughout the week. CERAWeek Partners help to build a culture of idea exchange, learning, and relationship-building between industry, government and society to secure the global energy future and are provided private programs, networking, and meeting spaces as part of their sponsorship. IHS Global is the host for this event and as such the only source for partnership. The PO will be issued under 6.302-1-only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The NAICS for this requirement is 561920: Convention and Trade Show Organizers THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. Notwithstanding, any vendor who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement as stated herein may submit a response, which will be considered only if received by 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on February 28, 2020. Responses to this posting must be in writing and submitted to [email protected] no later than the aforementioned time and date. A determination not to compete this requirement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Please note that any prospective offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov in accordance with FAR part 4.11.