Education & training services / NGDP Annual Workshop in Oxford, United Kingdom

This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition bases with The University of Oxford, University Offices Oxford, OX1 2JD, United Kingdom for the upcoming NIH Global Doctoral Partnership Program (NGDP) Annual Workshop. This annual workshop is sponsored in Oxford, UK with American and European Union College graduates to engage in accelerated PhD research through a collaboration between the NIH laboratories and the University of Oxford, Cambridge, and other EU Universities laboratories. The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one source available, no substitutions possible. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. All responsible sources who feel they can meet these requirements shall submit their capability to perform these services in writing by email (subject line to reference NIAID-NOI-16-1763619) to Tonia Alexander at talexander@niaid.nih.gov, by 5:00 pm eastern standard time Tuesday, February 16, 2016. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.