Original Content Development and coordination, editing High Level Review relating to a major update of technical manual "Roadside Revegetation: An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants

This is not a request for Quote-This is a notice of the Government's intent to issue a sole source award to David Steinfeld Enterprises, LLC, located at 107 5th Street Ashland, OR 97520-2056, under the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1), only one responsible source is available and no other services will satisfy the agency requirements.


David Steinfeld's unique qualifications and the nature of the request requires a sole source because he was the lead author and a key developer in the earlier project. As creator of the vast majority of the original manual content, Steinfeld has an intimate knowledge of the content and is uniquely qualified to provide new content for this project. Moreover, a key requirement of FHWA is to maintain "one voice" in the text of this document and Steinfeld's input will be essential to maintain this requirement by coordinating with other contributor's. This work is foundational to the new project, and would be impossible to duplicate through another vendor without considerable expense and time. The proposed contractor has also been involved in the development and execution of technologies, tools, and projects that can be extensively leveraged in the manual revision.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations, however interested parties may identify their interests and capablility to respond to this requirement by June 10, 2016, 4:00 PM, PST to the Point of Contact listed below.  A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is soley within the discretion of the Government.  Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.