Notice of Intent to Award on a Sole Source Basis; Specialized training in responding to a CBRNE event.

This serves as a notice of the Governments intent to solicit from a single source, based on the determination made by the Contracting Officer acting in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b). The following details are provided: Name of Contractor: Guardian Centers of Georgia, LLC. Description of Items/Service: Specialized training in support of CBIRF’s mission of responding to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and/or High Yield Explosive (CBRNE) event. This Notice of Intent is not a request for Expressions of Interest (EOIs), proposals, or quotations. No solicitation document exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of EOIs, proposals, or quotations received in response to this notice. Although not a request for EOIs, interested sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide the items and/or services sought, to include pricing and technical data sufficient enough to determine that a comparable source to the Government is available. The Government will be the sole determiner regarding an offeror’s ability to meet all requirements. The Government will consider all responses received prior to 7 days after the date of publication of this synopsis, and before 1200 EST on that date; based on the date of publication, the deadline to respond to this notice is 1200 EST on 27 November 2012 . A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement and will not be treated as a basis for an award. Responses may be submitted by email or sent via the U.S. Postal Service; if sent via standard mail, they must be addressed to: CBIRF Contracting Office Attn: GySgt Chatfield 3399 Strauss Ave STE 219 Indian Head, MD 20640 Responses may also be submitted by facsimile to 301-744-2018. Submitters bear the burden of ensuring that the response reaches the designated Contracting Officer on time and should allow a reasonable time for facsimile transmissions to be completed. All pages of the transmission must reach the office before the deadline specified and pages of a facsimile transmission that arrive in the office after the specified deadline will not be considered. The submitter bears the risk of non-receipt of facsimile transmissions and should confirm by telephone that any facsimile was received. This purchase will be conducted under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (per FAR 13). The anticipated award date is 28 November 2012. Point of contact for this notice is GySgt Randall Chatfield; phone: 301-744-2094, fax: 301-744-2018, email: [email protected]