Notice of intent to award a Sole Source Contract for U.S. Air Force Advertising with the Carolina Hurricanes

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed price contract with the NHL team Carolina Hurricanes under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, Part 6 using other than full and open competition based on the Authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(l), as implemented by CAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(A)&(B), and FAR Part 15, Contractor Negotiation. The contract is for advertising material to be displayed at all 2013-2014 Carolina Hurricanes regular season home games: 1) Five minutes per period of logo recognition on four (4) of the upper eight (8) LED boards located on the Carolina Hurricanes center hung scoreboard and one (1) in-game PA announcement. 2) One tabling opportunity on the main concourse 3) One Carolina Hurricanes autographed team stick. 4) One 18 person suite. 5) One conference room for a pre-game presentation for one (1) hour. 6) One 4' x 12' upper level concourse sign 7) One 6' x 4' main concourse pillar sign as a bonus until sold. 8) Logo recognition on the Carolina Hurricanes corporate partner page that is located on www.carolinahurricanes.com as soon as the contract is fully executed. The applicable NAICS code is 711211. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however, the Government will consider all responses received by the response date stated above. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct future competitive procurments. Telephone requests to be placed on a mailing list will not be honored. To be considered, statements of responsibility must be received no later than 1600 PM EST 23 Sep 13. Submit responses electronically. Point of contact is SSgt Daniel Young. [email protected]