The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO), intends to negotiate with, Leidos, Inc., located in Gaithersburg, MD, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 soliciting from a single source, for Resource Call Center services. Unique requirements: The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Office of Single-Family Housing provides guidance and assistance to the public and industry groups in all aspects of the FHA mortgage insurance process. FHA utilizes a contracted multi-channel contact center to provide information to industry and consumer clients. All contacts, regardless of client type (housing industry or consumer) or communication channel (telephone, email, fax); will be directed to the FHA Resource Center (RC) access point via a designated toll-free number(s), email address(es), and fax number(s). This will be a sole-source bridge contract to provide FHA continued call center services. The NAICS Code is 519190, with a Size Standard of $27.5 million. HUD anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price sole-source bridge contract to Leidos, Inc. for this requirement. The Government intends to procure this sole source requirement under Commercial Acquisition procedures in FAR Part 12. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS and a solicitation will not be issued. Interested concerns must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative written responses are received by COB, Thursday, April 30, 2020, an award will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to
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