Intent to Sole Source to Tribal Strategies, Inc.

The Deparment of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) intends to issue a sole source award to Tribal Strategies, Inc. 1424 Roundhouse Ln Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22314 for a revised 2011 version of the Tribal Business Structure Handbook and training curriculum. The revision outlines a set of proposed follow up actions to the Tribal Business Structure Handbook (that was published in 2008 and replublished with a notice of copyright ot the authors Karen J. Atkinson and Kathleen Nilles in 2009) for the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development to consider developing to further educate tribal leaders and business managers on entity formation, to provide a financing guide, and to provide a model Section 17 Corporate Charter. It has been determined that these services can only be provided by this source due to the reason they are the only ones legally authorized to update their own copyrighted publication. The Government intends to procure from only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 and FAR 13.106-1(b). This will be a commercial acquisition using simplifed acqusition procedures per FAR part 13. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABILE. Telephone requests will not be honored. No award will be made on the basis of quotes or offers received in response to this notice. All responsible sources may identify their interest to meet this requirement to Cari Fraser, Contracting Officer, at [email protected] by 4:00 PM EST, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Additionally, any response to this notice must show clear, compelling and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. The intent of this notice is for informational purposes only.