Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The New Mexico Air National Guard (NMANG) has a requirement for advertising on the City of Albuquerque public buses and city bus stops. Advertising services will include two, 60 foot full bus wraps, 10 bus shelters, and 30 interior cards inside the buses. This acquisition shall be sole sourced to Lamar Media Corp. (Cage Code IPWS2) in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) part 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), approved sole source justification. Lamar Media Corp. has the sole purveyor of advertising content on and in City of Albuquerque public buses and city bus stops. Lamar Media Corp. claims to be the exclusive media rights holder for the City of Albuquerque public buses and bus stops. A firm fixed priced contract will be awarded to Lamar Media Corp. 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 advertising services listed above. 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 on behalf of the City of Albuquerque on and in its buses and bus stops, 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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