Subscription for Virtual Acquisition Office (VAO)

This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items and FAR 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items-General. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) intends to award a firm-fixed price sole source contract to ASI Government, Inc. 1655 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA 22209 in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), FAR 6.302-1 under the rationale of only one responsible source. The proposed sole source action will be for subscription services to the Virtual Acquisition Office TM (VAO) for up to 17 users. The vendor will provide comprehensive topic coverage, monthly periodical material, acquisition conferences and forums, and web-based training. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 511210 - Software Publishers with a small business size standard of $25.0 Million. There are no set-asides for this procurement. The anticipated award will include a one- year base period and nine (9) one-year option periods. This notice is neither a request for quotations nor a solicitation of offers. No formal solicitation package is available. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. Interested sources 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 to determine that a comparable source to the Government is available. The Government will consider all expressions of interest received prior to the close of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This is a written notice to inform the public of the Government's intent to award on a sole source basis for the required information. Telephonic inquiries will not be considered. Only written responses sent via electronic mail to [email protected] and [email protected] will be accepted. The responses shall be received by no later than the response date and time indicated on this Special Notice.