Notice for sole source award to wisconsin center

This is notice is prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 and under the authority of FAR Part 13.5, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Washington, DC, intends to award a Sole Source, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Contract to the Wisconsin Center to provide conference space and support for March 21 – 28, 2017. The Wisconsin Center has been identified as the only venue able to provide a large scale conference space with direct access to hotels via bridges in the Milwaukee city center. It is also the prime and sole provider of conference support services in the area that meets the square footage, configurable space management, IT, Data, Internet and Audiovisual support to meet the FRA conference planning and requirements.

This sole source requirement meets the conditions of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), only one responsible source has been identified as reasonably available to provide the supplies that will satisfy the agency requirements.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for proposals or quotations. No solicitation documentation exists and no telephone inquiries will be accepted. No contract award will be made on the basis of proposals or quotations received in response to this notice.

Information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this notice.

If any interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and must contain clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government.

If parties choose to respond, any cost associated with preparation and submission of data or any other cost incurred in response to this announcement are the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government. Interested parties with the capability of meeting the proposed requirements are requested to provide an E-mail to the FRA point of contact, Jomo Haldane, (jomo.haldane@dot.gov) no later than 5:00 p.m. EST Monday, March 13, 2017. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.