NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO USMC HISTORICAL COMPANY

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS HISTORICAL COMPANY DBA USMC HISTORICAL CO FREDERICK, MD to provide the following services UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii). Contractor name and addrerss is United States Marine Corps Historical Company DBA USMC Historical Co Frederick, MD 21704. Dollar value of the award is $10,550.00. The USMC Historical Co supplies the government intends to purchase are located on the attached solicitation. The United States Marine Corps Historical Company holds exclusive copy, manufacturing, and distribution rights of the training package, uniforms and reference materials. (Numbered Note 22.) A determination has been made by the Government to use other than full and open competition for this acquisition. 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. See attached Solicitation for further information on requested supplies. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide the services sought including pricing data 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 EOIs received prior to 5 days after date of publication of this synopsis before 12:00 noon pacific standard time on that date. 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. EOIs sent via the U.S. Postal Service should be mailed to Regional Contracting Office MCI West, P. O. Box 1609, Oceanside, CA 92051-1609. EOIs sent via Federal Express or hand carried must be delivered to Regional Contracting Office MCI West, Bldg. 22180, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055 during weekdays, excluding federal holidays, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EOIs may be submitted via facsimile to Attn: SSgt Stephen Seaberry at (760) 763-5420. The facsimile transmission must clearly identify this notice and the name of the contracting officer on the first page. Submitters bear the burden of ensuring that the EOI 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 under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other Than Full and Open Competition as authorized under FAR 13.5. The anticipated award date is 14 September 2010. Point of contact for this purchase is SSgt Stephen Seaberry at (760) 763-5420