Minority Candidates Orientation Visitation - Lodging and Meal Services

Subject: Award a Sole Source Contract to Hudson River Partners, DBA The Thayer Hotel.

FAR 6.302-1 - Only one responsible source (except brand name)

The United States Military Academy (USMA) and the Mission & Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at West Point, NY award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements is for  lodging and meals at the Thayer Hotel for the USMA Admissions Minority Candidates/Parent Visitation Program. The vendor is responsible to provide lodging, lunch, breakfast, and dinner. The objective of this requirement is to provide accommodations for the academic year 2023-2024. The orientation will be held at USMA on 21-23 September 2023, 19-21 October 2023, 18-22 January 2024, and 22-24 February 2024.

This notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.101(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information on proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract, and is not a request for competitive proposals.

The proposed contract is for The Thayer Hotel.

 The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), pursuant to the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

The Mission Installation Contracting Command - West Point on behalf of the United States Military Academy (USMA) intends to award a sole source, firm fixed price contract to (the Thayer Hotel., West Point, NY 10996-1906) for Lodging and Meals Services.

The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 721110 with the associated size standard of $ 40.0 M.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to meet all aspects of the requirement. Responses should be addressed to, Mrs. Dayanna Wallace at Dayanna.Wallace.civ@army.mil no later than 1500 hrs. EDT on Tuesday, 5 September 2023. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.