R--Annual Membership to the CLC-Human Resources

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a sole source fixed-price contract to The Corporate Executive Board Company. The purpose is to provide an annual membership which includes an annual license to the CLC-Human Resources subscription that enables USACE participation in a variety of Professional Organizations. The CLC at the Corporate Executive Board is the only organization with a "member-guided" research agenda that provides best human capital practices research and executive education to a membership of the world's leading corporations and not-for-profit institutions. The CLC research addresses a wide range of human resources topics such as human resources effectiveness, employee engagement, employment branding, performance management, succession management, workforce management, knowledge transfer, organizational restructuring, and managing the employee lifecycle. As a result, of membership with the CLC-Human Resources, USACE will be able to better focus on identifying management initiatives, processes, tools and frameworks that will improve our results to our client organizations and also learn from peer organizations. The period of performance 29 September 2011 to 28 September 2012. This is a special notice prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2); "when the supplies or services required by the agency are available from only one responsible source" However, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may give written notification to the Contracting officer within five (5) days 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 fixed price contract to Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference Inc (HENAAC) for a Conference 2010 Partner Level Sponsorship. Point of contact for this requirement is Susan Hill at 703-428-6420 or [email protected] Address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, HECSA, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315.