National Hunger Clearinghouse Services

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) intends to award a non-competitive sole source purchase order to World Hunger Year, Inc., 505 8th Ave., Rm 2100, New York, NY 10018-6589 to maintain and transition the National Hunger Clearinghouse for a sixty (60) day period. The National Hunger Clearinghouse provides information on public and private pro- grams and services that improve the lives of low-income individuals and families, including their nutrition and health, and helps them become self-reliant. The National Hunger Clearinghouse also provides in- formation, capacity building and support to groups throughout the United States that assist low-income individuals and communities. Long-term outcomes of the Clearinghouse include improvement in the lives of low-income households and a reduction of reliance on Federal, State or local governmental agencies for food or other assistance. WhyHunger shall provide the following activities and/or tasks in order to maintain for 60 days and transition the USDA National Hunger Clearinghouse to a new contractor: Task 1- Database Maintenance; Task 2 - Information Collection; Task 3 - Dissemination; Task 4 - Promotion; Task 5 - Progress Reporting and Monitoring and Task 6 - Clearinghouse Transition. The statutory authority permitting Other than Full and Open Competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This procurement is in accordance with Part 12 and Part 13 procedures. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 518210. This notice of intent is not a request for proposals or quotations and a solicitation will not be issued for this requirement. Any responses or inquiries to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. The Government will not pay for information submitted. A determination by the Government not to compete this procurement action, based on responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses to this notice are due by 11am EST Monday, November 17, 2014. Send Email inquiries/responses to the Contract Specialist, Joseph Hodges at [email protected] and Contracting Officer, Lance Petteway at [email protected].