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 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 Authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(l), as implemented by FAR 6.302-l(a)(2)(iii)(A)&(B), and FAR Part 15, Contractor Negotiation. The contract is for advertising material to be displayed at all 2012-2013 Carolina Hurricanes regular season home games: 1) Five minutes per period of logo recognition on four of the upper eight LED boards located on the Carolina Hurricanes center hung scoreboard and one 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 hour 6) Logo recognition on the Carolina Hurricanes corporate partner page that is located on www.carolinahurricanes.com once the contract is fully executed And the following recruiting display and advertising: 7) Client will receive one (1) 6' x 4' main concourse pillar sign 8) Client will receive one (1) 4' x 12' upper level concourse sign 9) All production costs are to be paid by Team. 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 procurements. Telephone requests to be placed on a mailing list will not be honored. To be considered, statements of capability must be received within seven (7) calendar days after publication of this notice. Responses must be received no later than 1600 PM EST 5 September 2012. Submit responses electronically. Point of contact is Mrs. Mary Wood, [email protected].