--NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE AWARD CE NEWSPAER

The Directorate of Contracting, Fort Stewart, Georgia intends to negotiate sole source commercial item procurement with The Morris Newspaper, Hinesville, GA. This procurement is for a Civilian Enterprise Newspaper. The Publisher is to produce weekly newspaper known as the FRONTLINE, a civilian enterprise newspaper published to provide news and command information to personnel of Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. This publication is subject to the requirements of DOD Instruction 5120.4, and the regulations and instructions incorporated therein by reference and the conditions and agreements as contained herein. The standard North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) for this requirement is 511110 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. The publication shall be prepared, printed, and delivered at no cost to the government; however, the Contractor shall receive all revenue accruing from the sale of advertising carried with the publications. The contractor will also be required to provide a POC with in 20 miles of Fort Stewart, and manpower in the way of, not limited to, an editor, and production assistant to write, edit, photograph and lay out the newspaper to work in the public affairs office located on Fort Stewart, GA. These requirements are further outlined in accompanying Statement of Work. This proposed contract action is for an advertisement for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement and submit quotations no later than 12 Noon EST, March 17, 2009 EST to: [email protected] or [email protected]. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on 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.