Legal Services (IP, EEO, NHPA/NEPA)

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
SOURCES SOUGHT
SS # 2016-05
Legal Services

This is a sources sought issued by the National Endowment for the Arts as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having expertise in and the resources to support a potential requirement as follows:

Services Description

The NEA seeks sources proposals for a variety of legal services as follows:

 - Intellectual property (copyright & trademark);
 - Employment matters (EEO, etc.);
 - National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) & National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) application to grants, cooperative agreements, etc.

The NEA seeks sources with expertise, qualifications and availability to perform work in the above areas. The NEA intends to establish a number of Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with contractors for the above legal services; the agency intends to utilize the BPAs on an ‘as-needed' basis when these services are required. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this potential procurement is 541110.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This sources sought does not constitute a request for proposals or any commitment by the government to award this requirement; submission of any information in response to this sources sought is purely voluntary. The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred in responding to this notice.

If your organization has the interest and potential capacity to perform these services, please provide the following information via email to chaudhryu@arts.gov by the deadline stated below:

1) Organization name, DUNS number, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of organization.

2) Brief statement/assertion that your organization possesses sufficient expertise and qualifications in the areas described above. Please indicate number of years of experience in each of the 3 areas.

3) Confirmation on whether your organization is / is not a registered small business concern (as registered in www.sam.gov).

4) Confirmation on whether or not your organization is capable of performing the above work without any outsourcing to external organizations/parties.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-described services are invited to submit a response to this sources sought by 5:00 PM EST, Friday, August 5, 2016. All responses must be emailed to chaudhryu@arts.gov.