A14_MR_Notice_of_Intent_-_Single_Source_-_Brand_Name_-_QuickSeries_Pocket_Guide_Updates_and_Printing_1.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER

Washington, DC 20240

Posted Date: June 27, 2024

Procurement Office:

The Department of the Interior (DOI) – Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services

Directorate (AQD)

Response Due Date:

July 5, 2024, by 10AM EST

NOTICE OF INTENT SYNOPSIS:

The Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, Acquisition Services Directorate on behalf of Office of the Solicitor (SOL) Departmental Ethics Office (DEO) intends to award a

Purchase Order to QuickSeries Publishing, Inc on a single source / Brand Name basis. The intended procurement is classified under North American Industry Classification System code

(NAICS) Code 513130 - Book Publishers.

This is a single source procurement under the authority of FAR Part 13, Brand Name – the particular brand name is essential to the requirement and market research indicates similar products do not meet or cannot be modified to meet agency needs. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as described in FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 12-

Acquisition of Commercial Items.

Description:

The Department of the Interior (DOI), Office of the Solicitor (SOL), Departmental Ethics Office

(DEO) requires:

• Updates, printing and delivery of 15,000 Pocket-Sized DOI Ethics Guides

• Creation of an HTML formatted version of the updated Ethics Guide to be placed on the

Department’s website and upload of the updated Ethics Guide to the existing DOI Ethics

App

• Editing/update of an existing QuickSeries-developed DOI Ethics video and upload the revision to the DOI Ethics App

Purpose and Objective:

These updates to existing QuickSeries-developed DEO Ethics materials are needed as the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) recently made changes to the Government-wide ethics regulations that apply to all Federal employees. These changes will become effective August 15, 2024.

Therefore, the ethics resources that the DEO provides to DOI employees must be updated to reflect the new regulations, to make DOI employees aware of the changes, and to ensure ethics compliance throughout the Department.

The DEO is seeking only to update its existing ethics materials which are currently maintained by

QuickSeries Publishing. Due to the cost and time investment of acquiring another business entity to recreate the Pocket-Sized DOI Ethics Guide, Ethics themed Videos and deploy a similar DOI

Ethics Application, the only vendor suited to complete the updates is QuickSeries Publishing.

To meet this demand, AQD anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Purchase Order to the single source, QuickSeries Publishing, allowing for updates to Departments existing DOI Ethics resources materials.

Period of Performance: 07/15/2024 – 9/15/2024

This notice of intent to award a single source / Brand Name contract is NOT A REQUEST FOR

COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED.

However, all responsible sources that feel they can meet the Government's requirements detailed above may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirements and include: the Unique Entity ID (UEI) and the

Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will be retained as Market Research. Please be advised that this announcement may constitute the only notice that will be posted for this acquisition, based on any responses to this notice.

All responses must be received by 10:00 am Eastern on Friday, July 5, 2024 and must reference number RFQ 140D0424Q0714. Responses may be submitted electronically via email to:

hanna_mershman@ibc.doi.gov