The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) intends to award a sole source contract to the Groom Law Group, Chartered (Groom), 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20006-5811 under the authority of "Only One Responsible Source". The anticipated period of performance is for a base period of one year with one (1) one-year option. Background: On May 19, 2016, purchase order FHF-16-P-0019 was competitively awarded to Groom to provide advice, counsel, and representation related to FHFA's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) and to provide advice and counsel to FHFA on establishing an internal infrastructure to administer its 401(k) Plan. Under the intended new contract, the Contractor shall continue to provide advice and counsel to FHFA on any remaining matters related to establishing an internal infrastructure to administer its 401(k) Plan and to provide advice, counsel and representation as needed once an Oversight Committee is established. Refer to the Statement of Objectives (Attachment A) for further details. This action will result in a Time and Materials type contract. The applicable NAICS is 541110 - Office of Lawyers with a small business size standard of $11.0 Million. There are no-set-asides identified for this procurement. This notice is neither a request for quotations nor a solicitation of offers. No formal solicitation package is available. Interested sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, and should furnish detailed data concerning their capabilities to provide the services sought including pricing data and technical data sufficient to determine that a comparable source to the Government is available. The Government shall be the sole source of determining an offeror's ability to meet all requirements. The Government will consider all expressions of interest received prior to the close of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Only written responses sent via electronic mail to
[email protected] will be accepted. The responses shall be received by no later than the response date and time indicated on this Special Notice. The Government will not be responsible for any costs in the preparation of responses to this announcement.