NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT TO PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPER

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a sole source contract to PriceWaterHouseCooper to provide financial audit services to perform the financial audit of the Southeastern Federal Power Program (SeFPP) combined financial statements for fiscal year (FY) 2008. Starting in fiscal year 2006, USACE began its own annual financial statement audits performed by PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP (PwC), therefore, PwC already has unique cumulative audit knowledge and experience with regard to USACE's financial systems, controls and processes that no other auditor currently holds. This is a special notice for commercial services prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-6(b)(1), Only one source is capable of responding due to the uniqueness or specialized nature of the work. However, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer within 10 days from the date of publication of this announcement. Supporting evidence must be in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement. Responses received will be evaluated, however a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with awarding a firm-fixed price contract to PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Point of Contact for this requirement is Nancy Hilleary at [email protected]