Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 16PBGC21Q0006
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541110 Offices of Lawyers
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announces the agency's intent to award a sole source labor hour time and material contract to Locke Lord, LLP to provide counsel support in connection with the Sears Holdings Corporation and two pension plans sponsored by Sears, which are currently undergoing bankruptcy proceedings. Interested parties may submit capability statements for consideration by December 14, 2020 by contacting the points of contact listed; however, the decision to pursue a competitive procurement rests solely with the agency.
The purpose of this notice is to provide legal counsel services related to the ongoing Sears Holdings Corporation bankruptcy adversary proceeding and associated pension plans. Contractors must submit capability statements to the points of contact by 11:00 AM EST on December 14, 2020 to be considered for the work referenced under solicitation number 16PBGC21Q0006, though the agency maintains discretion to make a non-competitive award. Only Locke Lord is identified as offering the required expertise associated with the ongoing bankruptcy matter for Sears and its pension plans.
Notice text
This notice is in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Procurement Division is the contracting office for this procurement. The purpose of this notice is to announce the intent to award a labor hour time and material contract on a sole source basis to Locke Lord, LLP 600 Travis Street, Suite 2800 Houston, Tx 77002 (DUNS: 078432044) in accordance with FAR Part 12 and FAR Subpart 13.501. The Contractor shall provide counsel support in connection with Sears Holdings Corporation (Sears) and two pension plans sponsored by the Sears (the Plans). Locke Lord is the only provider that offers the ongoing bankruptcy Adversary Proceeding of the Sears Holdings Corporation (Sears) and Sears (the Plans). This notice of intent is for informational purposes only. However, all interested parties may submit their capability statements for the required services, which shall be considered by the agency if received by the Points of Contact (POC) listed below by 11:00 AM, EST, December 14, 2020 (reference Solicitation No. 16PBGC21Q0006. A determination to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. POCs: Deneen Ferguson-Abrams, Contracting Officer at Ferguson-Abrams.Deneen@pbgc.gov and Nicholas Castrinos, Contract Specialist, at Castrno.Nicholas@pbgc.gov Oral communications will not be accepted in response to this notice.
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