--NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Acquisition Management (OAM), intends to negotiate and award a sole source, fixed priced, Purchase Order for the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) using the authority of FAR Part 6.302-1 to E & E Publishing, LLC in order to procure an annual electronic subscription to the scientific and policy publications. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain an annual electronics subscription to the following five scientific and policy subscriptions: Greenwire, E&E News PM, E&E Daily, Energywire, and Climatewire. These subscriptions provide Agency scientists and technical staff crucial information for policy, scientific, and research determinations. The publications offered by E&E Publishing are critical to EPA?s ability to respond in an effective and timely manner to its research and regulatory needs, as well as to meet the Agency?s mission of protecting human health and the environment. E & E Publishing, LLC does not allow resellers access to their online publications, and therefore for this reason EPA believes E & E Publishing, LLC is the only source that can provide the required electronic subscriptions. NO SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting this requirements as stated herein, may submit a firm fixed quote by 12:00 pm EST on December 16, 2014 for consideration. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. All questions and concerns submitted via email to Jody Gosnell via e-mail at [email protected]. Telephone requests or inquiries will not be accepted.