Notice of Intent to Issue Sole Source Award_1.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER

Washington, DC 20240

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE SOLE SOURCE AWARD

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, Acquisition Services Directorate, Division V, Branch II, on behalf of the Office of the Secretary of Interior, Office of Human Resources (OHR) intends to award a Purchase Order (PO) to Partnership for Public Service, Inc.

of Washington, D.C., on a sole source basis. The base period of performance is November 1, 2020 through October 31, 2021, with two option years.

The sole source action will be issued under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1) – Soliciting from a single source.

It is anticipated that the Government will award a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract for this requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541612 – Human Resources Consulting Services, and the PSC code is R431 – Support – Professional:

Human Resources.

Point of contact for this acquisition is the Contracting Officer, Kimberly Chavis at Kimberly_chavis@ibc.doi.gov.

These items include but are not limited to the following:

An annual membership in the Federal Human Capital Collaborative at the large-size agency level. Membership benefits include:

• Enrollment of up to 12 human resource (HR) staff members in the Emerging HR Leaders Forum that facilitates peer-exchange and cross-agency team learning activities;

• Collaborative quarterly meetings with other federal agencies to identify critical issues, highlight best practices, facilitate problem solving and develop strategies to effect change across government and within the administration;

• Collaboration with the Partnership for Public Service (The Partnership) and other member agencies to influence the agenda for regulatory and legislative reforms; and

• Regular updates from the Partnership on its work and programs, as well as updates on trends, events and other issues within the federal government.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit a quote.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. In doing so, interested mailto:Kimberly_chavis@ibc.doi.gov sources must submit technical capabilities, and other information that demonstrates their ability to meet the Government’s needs.

Detail capabilities must be submitted to Contracting Officer Kimberly Chavis at Kimberly_chavis@ibc.doi.gov.

This synopsis is not to be considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No purchase order will be awarded upon the basis of quotes received in response to this notice, but quotes will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative written responses are received by October 28, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), a purchase order may be awarded to Partnership for Public Service, Inc. located in Washington, D.C.

mailto:Kimberly_chavis@ibc.doi.gov