76 -- SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLICATION

The Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina, is issuing a notice of intent to negotiate a sole source procurement, with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) for the publication of journals and research documents relative to the scientific discoveries and development within in the meteorological community. The AMS posses the necessary platform required to dispense and communicate such information to the scientific community. The statutory authority is 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. The applicable NAICS code is 511120. The size standard is 500 employees. Interested parties may identify their interest and must provide evidence of their capability to respond to this requirement by September 8, 2005. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Note 22 applies.