THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT ACTION

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is the U.S. Government's Development Finance Institution. OPIC's mission is to provide loans, guaranties, political risk insurance, and investment funds to assist American businesses expand into emerging markets. This is a notice issued as required by FAR 5.203. Because the procurement will be for commercial services and has a not-to-exceed (NTE) value of below $7,000,000.00, OPIC will award a sole source action under the authority of FAR 13.501(a)(1). This action is to increase the ceiling in the amount of $720,000 to $964,000 under the current contract; the requirement is for OPIC office and reproduction supplies on a continuous basis awarded to Office Depot, Inc located at 6304 Woodside Ct. STE 1, Columbia, md, 21046-3217. Anticipated award date is September 12, 2018. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 424120 with the size standard of 150 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotes. At this time no capable sources may submit statements of capabilities. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement for competition is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will not be considered as this is not a competitive contract action.