Virtual Acquisition Office (VAO) Subscription Service

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: 

AmeriCorps intends to negotiate and award a firm fixed price, sole source procurement for the Virtual Acquisition Office (VAO) Subscription Service to: 

Virtual Acquisition Office LLC 
21251 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 100
Dulles, VA 20166-6644

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 511210. The PSC code is 7A21. Interested vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. 

The Office of Procurement Services (OPS) at AmeriCorps has a requirement for VAO subscription services for OPS staff to increase workforce knowledge and capabilities. 

The VAO Subscription Service is unique service. It is highly specialized to address the needs of the federal acquisition workforce. It features a newsletter, training, a knowledge database, and an information and research tool that are not matched by any other sources. While there are other vendors, which provide acquisition support services, only VAO provides this combination of services, quality, expertise, and experience necessary to support the government acquisition mission.

VAO provides government acquisition solutions providing an extensive Virtual Acquisition Office which includes an extensive library of past acquisition questions and responses from other agencies, extensive online training courses, current news on acquisition laws and bills, an extensive library of Acquisition Samples and Templates, current acquisition file documentation process checklist, protest lessons learned, and multiple other services.

A VAO subscription and its unique combination of included services will provide significant value AmeriCorps' acquisition workforce.

This Notice of Intent is not a request for proposal. Information received from interested parties will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. 

The circumstances permitting Other Than Full and Open Competition is Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy Agency requirements." In accordance with (IAW) FAR 5.207(c)15, the reason justifying the lack of competition is that, after extensive Market Research, no other responsible source was identified that could meet the Government’s needs. IAW FAR 5.207(c)16, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.

Responses to this electronic notice must be submitted by 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time on June 7, 2022. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. Interested parties shall email all statements to Jim Thomasson at jthomasson@cns.gov and Felix Rivera at frivera@cns.gov and must provide clear and concise documentation indicating their capability to fulfill the Government’s requirement.