SUMMER FOOD EXPANSION SITE COLLECTION SERVICES

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) intends to award a non-competitive sole source contract to World Hunger Year, Inc., 505 8th Ave., Rm 2100, New York, NY 10018-6589 to provide program and technical support to FNS throughout the United States in the follow capacities: 1) Create a systematic process to collect summer food site information from all state agencies and territories that participate in the FY14 summer food program. 2) Validate the information for accuracy of data, including but not limited to: removing redundancies, error-checking for typos, and validation of email addresses and contact phone numbers. 3) Import Information into the WhyHunger Information Clearinghouse database for public accessibility via the WhyHunger website and hotline services (See attached SOO). 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 EDT Thursday, January 9, 2014. Email inquiries/responses to the Contract Specialist, Joseph Hodges at [email protected] and Contracting Officer, David Lum at [email protected].