Notice of Intent (Sole Source)

The 502d Contracting Squadron at JBSA-Randolph, TX intends to award a single source purchase order to American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 1899 L ST NW 11th Floor, Washington D.C. 20036-3804 (CAGE: 80204)  under the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i).  The proposed contract action is for one (1) each International Organization of Standardization (ISO) 14001 subscription renewal to receive technical books and pamphlets for a period of one (1) year.  The Air Force is required by Presidential Executive Order (EO) 13693 previously EO 13423 and 13514, DoDI 4715.17, and AF Instruction (AFI) 32-7001 to maintain Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for all of the agency's appropriate facilities.  The AF EMS program is required to be in conformance and based on the International Standards Organization (ISO). ISO has developed, produced and owns all the intellectual property and rights to the proprietary data necessary to support this requirement; therefore no other companies have access or rights to proprietary data unless expressly approved by ISO.  ISO has a distribution network of the international standards instituted in over 161 countries, in which the organization has designated a sole distributor within each country.  American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the sole distributor of ISO standards within the United States and owns the exclusive rights to sell and distribute such publications to third party entities.    Please see attached Single Source Justification for further details.

The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 511199, and the small business size standard is 500 EMP.  While the intent of the Government is to award single source to American National Standards Institute (ANSI), responsible sources, registered with the Systems of Award Mananagement (SAMS), may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which will be considered by the agency.  Responses must be received by the Government no later than May 18, 2018, 12:30 P.M. (CDT).  A determination by the Government not to compete this procurement action based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government.  The Government will not pay for information submitted in response to this notice.  Responses may be submitted via e-mail to the following points of contact: 

PRIMARY:

Marcus Mattingly

Contracting Officer

E-Mail: marcus.mattingly@us.af.mil