Fair Credit Reporting Act Litigation

This is a notice of intent to award a sole source contract pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items and FAR 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items-General. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) intends to award a sole source contract to Gonzalez Law, LLC, 60 E Rio Salada Parkway, Suite 9000, Tempe, AZ 85281-9126 in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1901 (e) under the rationale of only one responsible source. The Contractor shall provide legal and related consulting services to immediately continue to support the work of FHFA as Conservator, in connection with the need to secure legal and litigation support services to meet its legal obligation to monitor litigation issues that arose as a result of the following lawsuits initially filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona: James and Katherine McCalmont v. Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Housing Finance Agency as Conservator of the Federal National Mortgage Association, No. 2:13-cv-02107-HRH and Richard and Kristen Zabriskie v. Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Housing Finance Agency as Conservator of the Federal Nation Mortgage Association, No. 2:13-cv-02260-DKD. The estimated amount for the one-year base period is $100,000.00. The total not-to-exceed amount, including any options is $149,000.00. Refer to the Statement of Work (Attachment A) for further details. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541110 - Office of Lawyers with a small business size standard of $11.0 Million. There are no set-asides for this procurement. This notice is neither a request for quotations nor a solicitation of offers. No formal solicitation package is available. No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. 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 will consider all expressions of interest received prior to the close of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open basis, 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. This is a written notice to inform the public of the Government's intent to award on a sole source basis for the required information. Telephonic inquiries will not be considered. 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.