Underground Line Maintenance Training

This notice is posted in accordance with FAR 5.101(a)(1). In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b), The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mt. Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC), Mt. Weather, VA, intends to award a sole source purchase order to Blue Ridge Community & Technical College (BRCTC) of Martinsburg, WV for a training course entitled "Module 2 Underground Line Maintenance". Attendees at the course will be Mt. Weather employees requiring training on high voltage utility work. BRCTC is uniquely qualified to provide this training, as they are the only source reasonably available within a one hour radius of the Mt. Weather Emergency Operations Center that offers OSHA compliant, customized, on-campus instruction. The course will provide training for shift workers, without compromising the ability to return to their assigned work stations within one (1) hour, should they be called back to duty. Should such an interruption occur, BRCTC has agreed to halt the course and reconvene at a date to be determined in the future. In accordance with FAR 5.2, t his announcement is for informational purposes only. No Request for Quotation will be provided, and telephone requests will not be honored. All inquiries and concerns must be addressed in writing via the e-mail link below by the response date above. Any response must show clear and convincing evidence that the responder can meet the requirements listed herein, and competition would be advantageous to the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.