Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The New Mexico Air National Guard (NMANG) has a requirement for sports advertising with the University of New Mexico (UNM). These advertising services will include advertising services at its facilities and events or in conjunction with its sports programs. Advertising services will include, but are not limited to, placement of sideline branding or panels at certain sport facilities, display of certain video or motion picture advertising features, and social media, digital, or computer-based advertising of various types. This acquisition shall be sole sourced to Learfeild Communication Inc. in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), approved sole source justification. Learfeild Communication Inc. (Cage Code 3GTE0) has the sole purveyor of advertising content at UNM sporting events and claims to be the exclusive media rights holder for those sites or venues. A firm fixed priced contract will be awarded to Learfeild Communication Inc in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP).

This is a notice of the intent to award a sole source contract. It is published for informational purposes only and not as a request for competitive quotations. Therefore, no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, if there are prospective contractors interested and believe they can fulfill the requirement described above, they are encouraged to submit a capability statement in regards to this posting demonstrating that they can complete the sports advertising requirement at UNM sporting events. Please email the capability statements to the Contracting Officer, Edwin Widgeon at edwin.d.widgeon.mil@mail.mil prior to the closing of this notice. The capability statement shall include: Contractor Name, Cage Code, Point of Contact information, a brief description of the company, documentation that supports the vendor can in fact advertise at UNM sporting events, documentation proving registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (SAM.gov), and invoice ability through Wide Area Work Flow (https://wawf.eb.mil). Any responses received will be thoroughly reviewed; if the business capabilities are found legitimate and relevant to the requirement, the sole source will be re-evaluated by the NMANG for a different solicitation method.

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