NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - Farmcraft 2. 0: Using Minecraft to Promote Biotech

The Department of State Office of Acquisitions Management, on behalf of the Bureau of the Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) issues this special notice of its intent to negotiate a sole source purchase order with OneOC, an affiliate of the North America Scholastic eSports Federation (NASEF), of 1901 E 4TH ST STE 100, Santa Ana, California; for the purpose of increasing a target audience’s (high school-aged students within selected countries) understanding of agricultural biotechnology and encourage collaboration with others around the world using a virtual program that is composed of science-based Esport Minecraft challenges, informational videos prepared by experts in the field, and live online engagement events..

ECA has identified OneOC as uniquely capable of providing all support required to meet the objectives identified in the Statement of Work (attached). OneOC was the vendor that was responsible for FarmCraft 1.0 and they are therefore uniquely positioned to continue this effort.

Should potential offerors believe they have the capability to provide the government with services identified in the Statement of Work, respond to this Notice by submitting written capabilities/specifications of the products to the Office of Acquisition Management point of contact at the email address provided in this Notice. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes; however, all responses received by the deadline located in this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government whether a competitive procurement is feasible may be based upon responses to this notice and is solely at the discretion of the Government. If no affirmative responses are received by the deadline to determine whether a qualified source is more advantageous to the Government, an award will be negotiated with OneOC.

The resulting purchase order is to be processed using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR 13) in conjunction with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. There is no solicitation package available.