--Design and Share Costs Models

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Contracting and General Services in Falls Church, VA intends to award a purchase order to R.S. Means Company, LLC of Philadelphia, PA for the purchase of 20 RSMeansOnline - Complete Library (Online) Professional bundles. RSMeans provides a suite of products to design and share costs models used in the development of Deferred Maintenance estimates and Current Replacement Value of Real Property Assets. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within fifteen days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract 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 a competitive procurement.