T -- Strengthening Vaccines for Adolescents

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to award, on a sole source basis, a purchase order to the American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk grove Village, IL 60007. The authority for this sole source procurement is FAR 6.301 and 13.106-1. A purchase order will be issued for the purpose of securing the services of the American Academy of Pediatrics to coordinate peer review and receipt of author revisions Production management ? copy editing, page composition, coordination of review of proofs by authors, final page corrections, print production and printing distribution to subscribers of a supplement consisting of 10 articles entitled ?Strengthening the Delivery of New Vaccines for Adolescents? in the peer reviewed journal the American Academy of Pediatricians. The deliverables include on-going editing, proofing and layouts for January supplement publication in American Academy of Pediatricians. Justification for other than full and open competition is considered due to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reaches the optimum pediatric audience; the most in our target audience. The AAP publication lends its credibility to the CDC by persuading readers to take an interest in improving adolescent immunization. Firms that can qualify for the above requirement are encouraged to identify themselves and give written notification to the Contracting Officer within 5 days of the publication date of this synopsis. Determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based on responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the U.S. Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquires may be sent to Gary Morgan by email at [email protected].